And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThere shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
John
GospelsAt that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
Luke
GospelsBind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonRejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulIf I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Job
Wisdom / JobI have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryEvery bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
Leviticus
LawSo those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Matthew
GospelsThou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
Exodus
Law / MosesHe shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Acts
HistoryMoreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBefore the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawFor thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFurthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Deuteronomy
LawIn the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.