For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Psalms
PoetrySo she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnFor the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsO LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
Leviticus
LawAnd if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
1 Kings
HistoryHowbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
Exodus
LawAnd while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Acts
HistoryWherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
2 Samuel
HistoryHe giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
2 Kings
HistoryJudah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.