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 beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
Mark
GospelsWhen Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
Acts
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesNow we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHonour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThis also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
Job
WisdomAnd when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Mark
GospelsThen king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanArt thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?