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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Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
James
General EpistlesAnd hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
Genesis
LawAnd this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John
GospelsThe eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matthew
GospelsSo Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
Acts
HistoryWhen he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
John
Gospels / JohnFor now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
Judges
HistoryThen thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGo, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWe are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
Psalms
PoetryAs soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
John
GospelsAnd Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
Genesis
LawGlory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Matthew
GospelsAnd, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.