I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
Exodus
Law / MosesHe shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahArt thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Nahum
Minor ProphetsShould I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
Acts
History / LukeThey spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Kings
HistoryTherefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
Ruth
HistoryIt shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
Job
Wisdom / JobThine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
Deuteronomy
LawFor thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Genesis
LawSurely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Luke
GospelsAnd this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.