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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One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Luke
GospelsAnd the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsCursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
John
Gospels / JohnFor they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosI will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHis left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonWho comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Genesis
LawI taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
Acts
History / LukeIf thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;