So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Psalms
PoetryAnd consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThat pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Acts
HistoryAnd when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
Numbers
LawNow it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThough they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
Deuteronomy
LawFor John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
Matthew
GospelsThus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThat they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
Joshua
HistoryAnd when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewCast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Psalms
PoetryHis left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.