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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
Joshua
History / JoshuaOh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Job
Wisdom / JobFearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Psalms
PoetrySaying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Acts
HistoryA gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
Ezra
HistoryAnd, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesEven he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahBath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahMoreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBy the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOf the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
1 Chronicles
HistoryI am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Leviticus
Law / MosesTherefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
Judges
HistoryWhen he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Acts
History / LukeTo whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Acts
HistoryHow that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.