Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Job
WisdomAnd they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
Genesis
Law / MosesI am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
Genesis
LawAnd I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahEvery valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
Luke
GospelsAnd the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis
LawAnd as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHe sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
Numbers
LawAnd when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
Mark
Gospels / MarkIf any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
James
General EpistlesUnto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis
Law(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
Luke
GospelsAnd it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Luke
GospelsA feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBecause he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Mark
Gospels / MarkPilate answered, What I have written I have written.
John
GospelsAlthough my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
1 Kings
HistoryBut it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSo the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.