And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Luke
GospelsThe children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
Ezra
HistoryThou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Psalms
PoetryLet a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs
Wisdom(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
Deuteronomy
LawAnd for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Genesis
LawAnd Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
Genesis
LawIn all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Job
Wisdom / JobThis is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
Numbers
LawThen hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahI will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsWherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesOf the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
Numbers
LawThe hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkI lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.