Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
Numbers
LawBut thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSaying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Luke
Gospels / LukeHezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
Exodus
LawBut if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
Numbers
LawAs when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMy lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
2 Kings
HistorySo he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Exodus
LawAnd Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Genesis
LawAnd we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBehold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
Numbers
Law / MosesWho will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.