He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
Luke
GospelsWherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
Numbers
Law / MosesSo Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
Esther
History / MordecaiHave respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
2 Chronicles
HistorySo Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
Judges
History / SamuelThey shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWho are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThat they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
Acts
HistoryInstead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAlso Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
2 Kings
HistoryIf there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
Numbers
Law / MosesFor in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
Matthew
GospelsAnd now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Job
WisdomBut if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.