Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
Genesis
LawSo then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesGive us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Job
WisdomIn Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
Mark
GospelsAll the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSo now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
Judges
History / SamuelFor he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
Luke
GospelsFor there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
John
GospelsThat ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Acts
HistoryA father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTheir horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukFor the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Matthew
GospelsTherefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.