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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And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahOf whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulMark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
Genesis
Law / MosesWhereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
2 Samuel
HistoryOf all clean birds ye shall eat.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
LawAnd as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhile Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
Acts
HistoryAnd led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Luke
Gospels / LukeIf I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
Mark
GospelsAnd he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Genesis
Law / MosesNow when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBlessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Luke
GospelsAnd they talked together of all these things which had happened.