For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesBut they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHis bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job
WisdomSo that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
Deuteronomy
LawFor all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
Exodus
Law / MosesFor the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhen thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
Deuteronomy
LawWhat time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Psalms
PoetryBut Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Luke
Gospels / LukeHis left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThe burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAll the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersKeep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1 John
General EpistlesI am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.