For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
Judges
HistoryAnd when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Acts
HistoryThen shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIf thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Job
WisdomAnd Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraA naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Proverbs
WisdomBut the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWith twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
Genesis
LawWhosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Numbers
LawForty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Leviticus
LawAnd Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
Law / MosesEven so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesCounsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Proverbs
WisdomFor thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalms
PoetryHast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSon of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownTherefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.