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?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryCommand therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
Acts
HistoryHenceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesNow faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews
General EpistlesWhen thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Genesis
LawThey which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Nehemiah
HistoryHe breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
Luke
GospelsAnd when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahYe shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
Exodus
Law / MosesJesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
John
GospelsThe LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation
ApocalypticThen Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
Mark
Gospels / MarkMeshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,