Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
2 Chronicles
HistoryGod standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
Joshua
HistoryAnd before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThen Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Joshua
History / JoshuaSo ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAlso Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
Judges
HistoryThe remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahFor the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Psalms
PoetryIn stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBy number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahA man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Proverbs
WisdomIn those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.