Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahA wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Proverbs
WisdomFor David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
Psalms
PoetryFor after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterShall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job
WisdomBeloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John
General EpistlesThou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
Acts
HistoryAvoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Proverbs
WisdomJesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
John
GospelsAnd they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
Judges
HistoryI decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkLet the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms
PoetryThe isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
Leviticus
LawTherefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAll his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonLORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.