The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
Esther
HistoryEvery one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
Esther
HistoryWhy do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThat thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Matthew
GospelsTherefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
Mark
GospelsThou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSon of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielViolence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
Genesis
LawBut thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Genesis
LawAnd when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Genesis
Law / MosesTake ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
Judges
History / SamuelNow the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Judges
HistoryAnd it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.