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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMy son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs
WisdomLet death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Psalms
PoetryThe son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsServe the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Psalms
PoetryThe words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
Nehemiah
HistorySo that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Ruth
HistoryHe looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
Job
Wisdom / JobO house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
2 Kings
HistoryLORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
2 Kings
HistoryBut Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
John
GospelsThe children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
Ezra
HistoryAnd Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
Exodus
LawOne golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: