For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
1 Kings
HistoryIn whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIn my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Psalms
PoetryThus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Judges
History / SamuelHe that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Mark
GospelsAnd nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Exodus
LawAnd he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
Exodus
LawThat in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
Esther
History / MordecaiThe wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
Acts
History / LukeFine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
Numbers
LawAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
Esther
History / MordecaiI have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.