I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahStay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonNotwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
Luke
GospelsAnd he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaIf God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
Job
Wisdom / JobCease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Joshua
HistoryWoe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
Luke
GospelsWhere is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesIf his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesO give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
Exodus
Law / MosesIn the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
Genesis
Law / MosesA brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPraise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Psalms
PoetryAlthough thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.