Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHowbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThey shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
Mark
GospelsAnd when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
Genesis
Law / MosesWill I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Matthew
GospelsAnd it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Exodus
LawAnd they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
1 Kings
HistoryNow Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsStrangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
2 Samuel
HistoryO LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
Exodus
LawThat they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel
Major ProphetsLORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
Numbers
Law / MosesThe LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: