He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
Job
WisdomFor as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
1 Samuel
HistorySo David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomLift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Psalms
PoetryGive unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Exodus
LawYea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThere is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
3 John
General EpistlesSo when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
John
GospelsO thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
Matthew
GospelsSo they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahThat word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
Acts
HistoryThen thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
Deuteronomy
LawThen answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
Esther
HistoryI was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNeither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
Numbers
LawShall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: