And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMy beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonBe merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Psalms
PoetryHe that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Psalms
PoetryAnd he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
Acts
History / LukeBut Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
1 Kings
HistoryI will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Revelation
ApocalypticBut whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1 John
General EpistlesThen these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAs he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThey that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Amos
Minor ProphetsWoe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
Genesis
LawOf the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
Luke
GospelsHis substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
Job
WisdomIf there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.