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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Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Job
WisdomShould it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
Job
WisdomHelp, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
Ruth
History / SamuelI have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesThe dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYour remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
Job
WisdomSubmitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBlessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
Exodus
LawBut thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they did all eat, and were filled.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
1 Kings
HistoryTherefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Acts
History / LukeMake the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.