Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
Exodus
LawAnd he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Acts
HistoryThat the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
Leviticus
LawAnd the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
Mark
GospelsThen said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
John
GospelsAnd when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
Acts
HistoryI gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThat I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThis is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownBut the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Esther
HistoryFor thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLet nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBehold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYe daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAre they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.