To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Genesis
LawNow the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBehold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
Esther
HistoryAnd at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOf the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers
LawYe have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWho is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
Revelation
ApocalypticTake heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
Luke
GospelsNow when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Ezra
HistoryWhat profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Psalms
PoetryThey were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
Acts
HistoryIf the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Exodus
Law / MosesI would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.