And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalms
PoetryAnd his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job
Wisdom / JobLearn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIt shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThese were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Acts
History / LukeThen said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges
HistoryBut which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
Luke
GospelsThe same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWere they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumThey that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
Job
WisdomAnd this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
1 John
General Epistles / JohnBut his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahArise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Genesis
LawLet the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
Ezra
History / EzraFor I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.