Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
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And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Exodus
LawAs also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesNow, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
Exodus
Law / MosesThat thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThere shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTherefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsLet brotherly love continue.
Hebrews
General EpistlesHe shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Hebrews
General EpistlesThe king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Proverbs
WisdomThree shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsBefore 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 Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.