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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I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnIf that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
Numbers
Law / MosesWho knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahIf a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
Leviticus
LawAnd he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsThe hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
Exodus
LawThey are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Psalms
PoetryDuke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
Genesis
Law / MosesBut the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
2 Kings
HistoryFor, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsA sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs
WisdomForbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
1 Kings
HistoryThese four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.