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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Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPeter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
Joshua
HistoryAnd if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Leviticus
LawAnd he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
Numbers
LawAnd Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
Numbers
LawBut let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
Luke
GospelsEven unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThat which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Job
Wisdom / JobHow long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
Acts
History / LukeCome, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
1 Chronicles
HistoryI have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
John
Gospels / JohnWhosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.