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?
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And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
Genesis
LawAnd Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
Genesis
LawAbstain from all appearance of evil.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesThe priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
Acts
HistoryAnd as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThere the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Job
Wisdom / JobBehold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsYe have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiAnd Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
Genesis
LawAnd the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,
Exodus
LawYet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Psalms
PoetryBunni, Azgad, Bebai,
Nehemiah
HistoryHis offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
LawAnd the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Genesis
Law / MosesJohn did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark
GospelsFor he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
John
GospelsFor they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.