All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
John
GospelsBut I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
Joel
Minor ProphetsThen came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
2 Kings
HistoryFor Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
Acts
HistoryAnd Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
Genesis
Law / MosesI have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
Psalms
PoetryThe governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanLikewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWho can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
Job
WisdomAnd the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Genesis
Law / MosesI will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
Numbers
Law / MosesAll the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Numbers
LawAnd the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;