My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
2 Chronicles
HistoryKerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Exodus
LawBut when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
Judges
HistoryUnless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Genesis
LawPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesCast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsPeace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
Psalms
PoetryAnd 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!
2 Samuel
HistoryI am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
Psalms
PoetryTo him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
Genesis
LawThe heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
Numbers
LawAnd ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
Acts
HistoryLet another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.