Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Psalms
PoetryI have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs
WisdomThe watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
Solomon's Song
PoetryBehold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts
History / LukeBefore their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
Exodus
LawThough I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
Genesis
LawI was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
Leviticus
LawIf a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Nehemiah
HistoryWhereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
Genesis
LawMy little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnBut if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesFor verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.