Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
Genesis
LawAnd it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Genesis
LawThese were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHow can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
John
Gospels / JohnO house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTheir priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Job
WisdomAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
2 Kings
HistoryBut I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBy faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Hebrews
General EpistlesConcerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesFor I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThen gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
Joshua
History / JoshuaMen shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
Job
Wisdom / JobI make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.