Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
John
Gospels / JohnBehold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Joel
Minor ProphetsHis mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Psalms
PoetryBut they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
Numbers
LawI, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
Judges
HistoryAnd, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
Genesis
Law / MosesThe proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Proverbs
WisdomThen these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
Mark
GospelsBut if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
Deuteronomy
LawThe LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.
1 Samuel
HistoryJesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
Genesis
Law / MosesWoe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Exodus
LawAnd it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.