And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulVerily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
Numbers
Law / MosesNow the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
HistoryEnter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBehold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew
GospelsThe slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonKnowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesLet the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Genesis
LawAnd straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.