He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Matthew
GospelsAnd when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
Judges
HistoryThen came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
Luke
GospelsAnd Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNow there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
Matthew
GospelsThus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
2 Kings
HistoryHe hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThere brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBesides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
Leviticus
LawAnd my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis
LawLikewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
Mark
Gospels / MarkSurely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesLet every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
Acts
History / LukeTherefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?