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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms
PoetryKeep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms
PoetryHis sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahWhy did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
Job
WisdomAnd the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
Genesis
LawAnd the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThen Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
Acts
HistoryAnd if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.
Luke
GospelsAnd when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
Judges
HistoryAnd he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
Revelation
ApocalypticKnowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.