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Lament
How are the mighty fallen! (II Samuel 1:19)
I have no son to keep my name in rememberance. (II Samuel 18:18)
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! (Lamentations 1:1)
Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand. (Joel 1:15)
Woe is me! (Micah 7:1)
O faithless and perverse generation. (Matthew 17:17)
Laughter
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful. (Proverbs 14:13)
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (Ecclesiastes 2:2)
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. (Ecclesiastes 3:4)
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. (Ecclesiastes 7:3)
As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. (Ecclesiastes 7:6)
Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. (Luke 6:21)
Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. (Luke 6:25)
Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. (James 4:9)
Law
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country. (Leviticus 24:22)
If any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. (Matthew 5:40)
Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! (Luke 11:46)
Lawlessness
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: He that covereth the faces of the judges thereof. (Job 9:24)
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? (Psalms 11:3)
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. (Psalms 37:32)
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. (Psalms 59:2)
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever. (Psalms 92:7)
Laziness
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. (Proverbs 10:4)
He that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. (Proverbs 10:5)
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. (Proverbs 10:26)
Leadership
Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? (Genesis 41:38)
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. (Genesis 49:10)
Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? (Exodus 2:14)
Lies
The Strength of Israel will not lie. (I Samuel 15:29)
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? (Job 11:3)
Ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. (Job 13:4)
I said in my haste, All men are liars. (Psalms 116:11)
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto Him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. (Proverbs 6:16-19)
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. (Proverbs 12:13)
A lying tongue is but for a moment. (Proverbs 12:19)
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord. (Proverbs 12:22)
A righteous man hateth lying. (Proverbs 13:5)
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. (Proverbs 17:7)
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20)
Their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. (Micah 6:12)
Thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord. (Zechariah 13:3)
He is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44)
Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. (Acts 5:4)
The poison of asps is under their lips. (Romans 3:13)
No lie is of the truth. (I John 2:21)
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ. (I John 2:22)
Life
The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. (Genesis 2:7)
The life of all flesh is the blood thereof. (Leviticus 17:14)
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul? (Job 3:20)
What is mine end, that I should prolong my life? (Job 6:11)
Wherefore then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! (Job 10:18)
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. (Job 14:1)
The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. (Job 33:4)
We spend our years as a tale that is told. (Psalms 90:9)
Life & Death
I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. (Deuteronomy 30:19)
There is no god with Me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of My hand. (Deuteronomy 32:39)
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. (I Samuel 2:6)
Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return hither. (Job 1:21)
Unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. (Psalms 68:20)
According to the greatness of Thy power preserve Thou those that are appointed to die. (Psalms 79:11)
Shall Thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction? (Psalms 88:11)
Take me not away in the midst of my days. (Psalms 102:24)
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. (Psalms 118:17)
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. (Psalms 144:4)
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth His ways shall die. (Proverbs 19:16)
A time to be born, and a time to die. (Ecclesiastes 3:2)
Light & Darkness
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (Genesis 1:3)
Darkness which may be felt. (Exodus 10:21)
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. (Isaiah 9:2)
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. (Matthew 5:14)
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. (Luke 11:35)
The light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. (John 1:5)
Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (John 3:19)
Every one that doeth evil hateth the light. (John 3:20)
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. (John 9:5)
Turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God. (Acts 26:18)
All things that are reproved are made manifest by the light. (Ephesians 5:13)
God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. (I John 1:5)
The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. (Revelation 21:23)
Liquor
Wine that maketh glad the heart of man. (Psalms 104:15)
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. (Proverbs 20:1)
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red. (Proverbs 23:31)
It biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Proverbs 23:32)
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to persih, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. (Proverbs 31:6)
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. (Hosea 4:11)
No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new. (Luke 5:39)
Loneliness
It is not good that the man should be alone;I will make him an help meet for him. (Genesis 2:18)
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. (Job 19:14)
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. (Job 30:29)
How long wilt Thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me? (Psalms 13:1)
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. (Psalms 27:10)
Loss
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. (Job 1:21)
A time to get, and a time to lose. (Ecclesiastes 3:6)
I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten. (Joel 2:25)
If the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing. (Matthew 5:13)
The last shall be first. (Matthew 19:30)
Many are called, but few are chosen. (Matthew 22:14)
From him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. (Matthew 25:29)
He that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. (Mark 4:25)
What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (Mark 8:36)
The fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee. (Revelation 18:14)
Love
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (Matthew 19:19)
The apple of His eye. (Deuteronomy 32:10)
How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? (Judges 16:15)
In their death they were not divided. (II Samuel 1:23)
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. (Proverbs 10:12)
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. (Proverbs 15:17)
A time to love, and a time to hate. (Ecclesiastes 3:8)
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. (Song of Solomon 1:2)
Love your enemies. (Matthew 5:44)
Bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. (Matthew 5:44)
If ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? (Matthew 5:46)
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. (Matthew 10:37)
This do, and thou shalt live. (Luke 10:28)
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another. (John 13:34)
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. (John 13:35)
He that loveth me shall be loved of my Father. (John 14:21)
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. (John 15:12)
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)
Love Of God
Thou shalt Love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (Deuteronomy 6:5)
Love Him. (Deuteronomy 10:12)
Love the Lord thy God. (Deuteronomy 19:9)
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God. (Joshua 23:11)
Let them that love Him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. (Judges 5:31)
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God. (Psalms 42:1)
My soul thirsteth after Thee, as a thirsty land. (Psalms 143:6)
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. (Matthew 22:37-38)
Loyalty
Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:21)
Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Matthew 6:24)
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. (Matthew 6:24)
He that is not with me is against me. (Matthew 12:30)
Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. (Matthew 22:21)
Though I should die with Thee, yet will I not deny Thee. (Matthew 26:35)
Lust
Keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. (Proverbs 6:24)
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. (Proverbs 6:25)
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? (Proverbs 6:27)
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? (Proverbs 6:28)
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter. (Proverbs 7:22)
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. (Proverbs 31:3)
Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matthew 5:28)