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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
Hebrews
General EpistlesSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
Leviticus
LawLet darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Job
WisdomNow they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
Acts
History / LukeI am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
John
GospelsThe king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;
Joshua
HistoryAnd thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
Exodus
LawA time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Ecclesiastes
WisdomNow the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Job
Wisdom / JobThus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.
1 Samuel
HistoryIn the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBehold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWho art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesSave, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,
Judges
History / SamuelYe shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.