It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Joel
Minor ProphetsFor ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Job
WisdomAnd when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
Leviticus
LawAnd the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBenjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Genesis
LawSo likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBlessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
Exodus
LawAnd threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
Numbers
LawWhence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job
Wisdom / JobHis mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
Proverbs
WisdomSon of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
Luke
GospelsDeliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhat shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
Psalms
PoetryAnd they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.