I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
John
Gospels / JohnThou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Psalms
PoetryOut of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Job
WisdomWith arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
1 Kings
HistoryTherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAwake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonNow when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
Genesis
Law / MosesBe not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Psalms
PoetryThey turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
John
GospelsRejoice evermore.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTherefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIf ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
Genesis
LawTherefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Leviticus
LawLet destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.