And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
Exodus
Law / MosesVerily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
Joshua
HistoryIn their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBe ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTake heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Job
WisdomThen your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
Numbers
LawAnd he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
Exodus
Law / MosesStudy to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhen John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts
HistoryAnd Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
2 Chronicles
HistoryThose that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWoe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAre all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?