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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Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
Joshua
HistoryAnd he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
Genesis
LawAnd thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
Exodus
LawLet not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
Luke
GospelsAnd he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
Exodus
LawMy people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBehold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYe shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawDestroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalms
PoetryFor they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOut of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Genesis
Law / MosesNow as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis
Law / MosesEven unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThese things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulDamascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Genesis
Law / MosesHis offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
LawOr if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.