What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTo make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhile he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsThou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
Luke
GospelsAll the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
John
GospelsNow the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesTake the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
Numbers
LawGilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Psalms
PoetryBut the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Exodus
Law / MosesJob hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Exodus
LawThe wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Esther
HistoryAnd I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
Nehemiah
HistoryThese were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.