I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
Numbers
LawAnd the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
Judges
History / SamuelWhen the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesShallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
1 Samuel
HistoryLet the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
Numbers
Law / MosesMoreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
Nehemiah
HistoryThey are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Job
Wisdom / JobIn that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsEphraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkDeliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Psalms
PoetryAnd there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
Luke
GospelsHe shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMoreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.