And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesShall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelYea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Joel
Minor ProphetsThey took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesAnd Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
Psalms
PoetryWere it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
1 Samuel
HistoryThough Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsGo now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
Genesis
LawI will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
Acts
History / LukeAsk ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.