And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Proverbs
WisdomTheir webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahOne cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
Exodus
Law / MosesThou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Ezra
HistoryFor when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Matthew
GospelsSo also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Revelation
ApocalypticOnly thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
Deuteronomy
LawBecause ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
John
GospelsWoe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsBecause of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
1 Samuel
HistoryShall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
Leviticus
Law / MosesIn the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
Acts
HistoryLet no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.