And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMy heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
Judges
HistoryAnd he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
Ezra
HistoryAnd Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
John
GospelsAnd when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Acts
History / LukeShemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThis day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Deuteronomy
LawBehold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
Exodus
LawWhen thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
2 Kings
HistoryYe serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewO the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!