And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Job
WisdomFrom whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
James
General EpistlesThe seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelFor the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsCan one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHer feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
2 Kings
HistoryI am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsRise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
Mark
Gospels / MarkOr have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryMoreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
Genesis
LawFor thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut wisdom is justified of all her children.