Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTake thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms
PoetryIf mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
Job
WisdomNow why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
Micah
Minor ProphetsSuffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
Leviticus
LawAnd he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Genesis
LawBless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
Acts
HistoryAnd many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Mark
GospelsThen the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
1 Kings
HistoryThough it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
Job
WisdomThe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.