He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
James
General EpistlesAnd we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
Acts
History / LukeThen said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Matthew
GospelsBecause my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
Nehemiah
HistoryGilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Acts
History / LukeLet no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
1 Kings
HistorySo will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSaying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
Luke
GospelsBut ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
Mark
GospelsAnd whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
Matthew
GospelsWhosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
Joshua
HistoryLooking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;