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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For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
Acts
HistoryAnd Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
Judges
HistoryAnd to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
John
Gospels / JohnPlead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
Psalms
PoetryThat he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
Genesis
Law(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBehold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
Acts
HistoryI know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobPilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
Joshua
HistoryBut when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.