As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
1 Samuel
HistoryArt thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraLet their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
Psalms
PoetryThen said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosNow therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
Mark
GospelsHe teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job
Wisdom / JobI will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Psalms
PoetryLet every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIshmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
Haggai
Minor ProphetsWho provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Job
Wisdom / JobEither what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Job
Wisdom / JobCome to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: