My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobShe sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job
WisdomSo that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Proverbs
WisdomWhen thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
Luke
Gospels / LukeKnow ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulI will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraNow also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
Amos
Minor ProphetsNot purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulLet every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Job
Wisdom / JobHis glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
Psalms
PoetryFor I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.