Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Exodus
LawAnd Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
Genesis
Law / MosesGod reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryHe hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
Luke
GospelsYet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Judges
History / SamuelNay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
James
General Epistles / JamesBehold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Job
WisdomWe know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
1 John
General EpistlesDeclare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomFor, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNo man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
John
GospelsAnd whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Amos
Minor ProphetsThere is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsPaul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.