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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsFor he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
Numbers
LawAnd Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
Genesis
LawHe buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Job
WisdomAnd gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAs they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
Exodus
LawAnd the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
Luke
GospelsAnd it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
1 Kings
HistoryWhen he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
John
Gospels / JohnThis witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThey lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
Numbers
LawAnd when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
Acts
History / LukeAnd there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Genesis
Law / MosesUphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Psalms
PoetryAnd an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: