And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
Leviticus
LawWhat mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAs the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Solomon's Song
PoetryTo him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetryAnd the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Joshua
HistoryNow when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
Matthew
GospelsAnd his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
LawThat innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSo Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBefore the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
Genesis
LawFor a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs
WisdomBut thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
Genesis
Law / MosesThou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Genesis
LawBehold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBaana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;