Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
Job
WisdomAnd when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
1 Chronicles
HistoryTherefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsCease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Psalms
PoetryFor the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSo the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMoreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIf the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
Exodus
Law / MosesIf I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
Luke
GospelsAnd Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
John
Gospels / JohnKings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Psalms
PoetryA prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAsahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Genesis
LawAnd they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
Judges
HistoryBut be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Proverbs
WisdomFor they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.