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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In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
Mark
GospelsWherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Genesis
LawAnd Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
Leviticus
LawHow he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
Psalms
PoetryAnd the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
Exodus
LawAnd he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSo they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahTherefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelForasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Acts
HistoryMy beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Mark
GospelsYe shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.