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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTheir knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
Exodus
LawAnd thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
John
Gospels / JohnI will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBehold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
Acts
History / LukeMoreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraLet that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Job
WisdomO that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonI said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Acts
HistoryNeither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBy terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
Psalms
PoetryKeep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
Deuteronomy
LawWhereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.