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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
Deuteronomy
LawIf Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Genesis
LawBut now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAs soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobAsk of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersEvil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psalms
PoetryIn the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelVaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Ezra
HistoryThen David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAlso king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSo they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
1 Kings
HistoryThe heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.