For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
Exodus
LawFor a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonLet all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
Psalms
PoetryFor I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWho is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
Psalms
PoetryAnd ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
Numbers
LawA time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings
HistoryMy mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
LawHe hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
Psalms
PoetryAn hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
2 Kings
HistoryThe LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Psalms
PoetryAnd of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
Leviticus
LawI will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsSo it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
Esther
History / MordecaiWho goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?