Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Psalms
PoetryFor a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomTake his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Proverbs
WisdomI will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Job
WisdomIn thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Job
WisdomAnd unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
Genesis
Law / MosesIf now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
Matthew
GospelsAnd it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesI charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Luke
Gospels / LukeBefore I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAccording to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesO ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsAnd God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
Genesis
Law / MosesBecause thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.