I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And God spake all these words, saying,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Leviticus
LawOh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Psalms
PoetryBut if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTheir meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Numbers
Law / MosesFor therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
Deuteronomy
LawThou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
Job
WisdomAnd there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
Ezra
HistoryOr darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
Luke
GospelsDeliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
John
Gospels / JohnHear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Micah
Minor ProphetsI went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahThey were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;