And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAgain, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Matthew
GospelsFor the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Acts
HistoryLet them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
Acts
History / LukeThy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
1 Kings
HistoryLift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.
2 Samuel
HistoryMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Psalms
PoetryTo dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
Job
WisdomKeep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Psalms
PoetrySo Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
Acts
History / LukeFurthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIncline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.