All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAlso to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTherefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsIt is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
Job
WisdomFor if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAlso when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he spake this parable unto them, saying,
Luke
GospelsBut if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHe is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
Job
Wisdom / JobWhy trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThen Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
Acts
History / LukeAnd thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover.
Exodus
Law / MosesI considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielFor the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWhen I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
Psalms
PoetryBut even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
Numbers
Law / MosesSerug, Nahor, Terah,