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 from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThese shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
Leviticus
LawFor the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWho shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Matthew
GospelsHell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahSave now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
Matthew
GospelsAnd I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
1 Kings
HistoryWhat profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
Matthew
GospelsThen said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
John
Gospels / JohnTo him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetryHe saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
Matthew
GospelsAnd two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.