When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
2 Chronicles
HistoryRejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Psalms
PoetryGo, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Esther
History / MordecaiThe Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsI will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms
PoetryI will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahOn that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahNow therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Acts
History / LukeWill he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Job
WisdomIf I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
John
Gospels / JohnYour little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesCome now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
Luke
GospelsNeither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
Exodus
Law / MosesRemove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
Exodus
LawAnd did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.