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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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
Genesis
LawTake the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Numbers
LawAnd Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryGilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Psalms
PoetryAnd he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
Genesis
LawAnd the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
Ruth
History / SamuelThe oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
1 Kings
HistoryWho was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
Hebrews
General EpistlesMine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Revelation
ApocalypticHow fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
Solomon's Song
PoetryDeliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Job
Wisdom / JobWherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.