But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
2 Kings
HistoryThe people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Proverbs
WisdomAll 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
Wisdom / SolomonAnd not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThey did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWas the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahI will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsGrace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Matthew
GospelsBlessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewRedeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Psalms
PoetryWhen men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Job
Wisdom / JobYour mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
Exodus
LawBut I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
John
GospelsBut Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
James
General Epistles / JamesHe that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.