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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
Judges
HistoryAnd when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
Genesis
LawWhosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Numbers
LawAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
Joshua
HistoryAnd every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Matthew
GospelsFor as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahAnd Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBy these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
Acts
HistoryAnd thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHe shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
John
GospelsNow therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBehold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Job
WisdomAs he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.