The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Genesis
Law / MosesWash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawAn altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Exodus
LawFrom that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
John
Gospels / JohnThy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThese are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
Exodus
LawFor it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
Acts
History / LukeAnd I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBlessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Revelation
ApocalypticA servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
Luke
Gospels / LukeRejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThat which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonTo appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahLet burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.