And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Matthew
GospelsO LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
Mark
GospelsAnd of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Genesis
Law / MosesSo man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
Joshua
History / JoshuaBehold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesIf thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonLet your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew
GospelsNevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
Acts
HistoryBlessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Luke
GospelsAnd from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
Ruth
History / SamuelI have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThese things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraMoreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahOn the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThrough desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.