Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
Job
WisdomO God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Psalms
PoetryAnd they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
Acts
HistoryAnd hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
Luke
GospelsThere are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
Psalms
PoetryWherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsOr despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
Deuteronomy
LawNow I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
Luke
GospelsThou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Leviticus
LawBecause I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
Acts
HistorySo Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTheir heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahCarry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
Mark
GospelsWhen Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.