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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Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Proverbs
WisdomHe that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnSeest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBeing born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 Peter
General EpistlesBut he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Job
WisdomBut the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
2 Kings
HistoryThe LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Acts
History / LukeThe Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Leviticus
LawJehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
1 Kings
HistoryBut that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Acts
History / LukeAnd they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTrouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Job
Wisdom / JobAll these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraGive ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
Ezra
HistoryBy the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Matthew
GospelsAmong whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.