And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonJudah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiSo will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
Psalms
PoetryA fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
1 Kings
HistoryThen I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahIn their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen Job answered and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFeed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
1 Peter
General EpistlesThen when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
James
General Epistles / JamesFor, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Acts
History / LukeAs unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesJesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnOf a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
Exodus
LawThe priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: