Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John
GospelsAnd ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHis glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
Acts
HistoryAnd Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Joshua
HistoryNow the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraIn that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Job
Wisdom / JobRejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
Deuteronomy
LawSo likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Matthew
GospelsTherefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Genesis
LawAnd we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
Judges
HistoryWhen thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Numbers
LawYe said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.