They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBaanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
1 Kings
HistoryThou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Psalms
PoetryIsrael is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIt repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
Numbers
LawTake a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraMen groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
Acts
HistoryThis is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
Numbers
Law / MosesOne dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Job
WisdomTherefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Exodus
LawAnd all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesMany will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNo man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
Matthew
GospelsAs for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Exodus
Law / MosesA time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.