But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
Job
Wisdom / JobNow therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFurthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
Law / MosesBehold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
Judges
History / SamuelThey grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Job
WisdomEvery moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Genesis
Law / MosesLet his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
Luke
GospelsAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
Exodus
LawFor I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
Numbers
LawI will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsPharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThey shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Psalms
PoetryPass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.