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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
Genesis
LawSay to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFrom the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
Luke
GospelsThat they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
Exodus
LawIf the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPraise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Matthew
GospelsSlothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Mark
GospelsIn whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesSurely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
Numbers
LawFor in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
Joshua
HistoryFor whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesEvery one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Genesis
Law / MosesTo many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
Numbers
Law / MosesNevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.