And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
Psalms
PoetryNeither shalt thou steal.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
Acts
HistoryThen again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
Matthew
GospelsFather, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
John
GospelsTherefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
Luke
GospelsThen took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
John
Gospels / JohnNeither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
1 Kings
HistoryHe will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Proverbs
WisdomBecause they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
Psalms
PoetryAnd all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
Exodus
LawCanst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Job
WisdomBut Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBut they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownNeither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Luke
GospelsI thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,