I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Job
Wisdom / JobBackbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWhen Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
Esther
HistoryConsiderest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
Acts
History / LukeLift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahIf we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
Matthew
GospelsBe not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Hebrews
General EpistlesHearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
Genesis
LawAnd when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsCursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew
GospelsBut thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.