He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
Acts
HistorySo the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
Nehemiah
HistoryFor my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Proverbs
WisdomNow to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah
HistoryYe have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Matthew
GospelsBut he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
Mark
GospelsNo man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
John
Gospels / JohnWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewForbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulHave any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
John
GospelsBut when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhen I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Genesis
Law / MosesIt is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.