Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
Judges
HistoryThen from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
John
Gospels / JohnNow these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Acts
HistoryWhither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryFor ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThen the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryBecause 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
PoetryBut put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job
WisdomWhere their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark
GospelsHow doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
Exodus
LawBlessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
Judges
HistoryAnd this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.