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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Job
Wisdom / JobThe flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
Numbers
LawBlessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
Genesis
Law / MosesAll that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
Numbers
Law / MosesConcerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesThen said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
Acts
HistoryThirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
Ezra
History / EzraTurn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers
LawBehold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWho smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAfter these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
Esther
HistoryThen said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.