And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Joshua
HistoryThey have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThen said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
John
GospelsAll this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel
Major ProphetsHe sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Esther
History / MordecaiArise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
Psalms
PoetryRob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs
WisdomFor as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
John
Gospels / JohnAnd because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Acts
HistoryAnd when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
Luke
GospelsBut ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulI beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
Genesis
Law / MosesThen Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Acts
History / LukeAnd they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsOr a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Deuteronomy
LawSo he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.