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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAs soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGo and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
2 Samuel
HistoryThe counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Psalms
PoetrySpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Leviticus
LawFor as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Genesis
Law / MosesAlso, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Genesis
LawAnd the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
Numbers
LawAnd they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHis mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers
LawAnd the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
Numbers
LawAnd by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.