And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
Mark
Gospels / MarkLet that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnIn the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Job
Wisdom / JobHe built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThere are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Luke
GospelsAnd when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
Matthew
GospelsAnd the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Esther
HistoryThe wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Psalms
PoetrySo that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
Judges
HistoryFor he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThen the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanO LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukI have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Job
Wisdom / JobAfter that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahMy son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.