That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
Joshua
HistoryThe LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTheir idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
Esther
HistoryAnd Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
Luke
GospelsWherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
John
GospelsAnd seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAs long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John
GospelsAnd after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
Luke
GospelsFor I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPrepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
Ezra
History / EzraThrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesEvery valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
Acts
HistoryAnd as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.