For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
Deuteronomy
LawYet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahArise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
Acts
HistoryHowbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
Mark
GospelsLet the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
Mark
GospelsGive a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
John
GospelsAnd thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
Leviticus
Law / MosesIf thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhat? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
Judges
HistoryThy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOf whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Genesis
LawThe children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
Matthew
GospelsAnd some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
Luke
GospelsFor what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?