He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumO give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther
HistoryAnd after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
Job
Wisdom / JobHast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAll things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Psalms
PoetryKnowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
1 Kings
HistoryThe noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
Job
WisdomAccording to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Psalms
PoetryWhen Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
John
Gospels / JohnBehold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.