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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If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
Exodus
Law / MosesDuke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
1 Chronicles
HistoryBe thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Acts
History / LukeWhatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
2 Kings
HistoryIn whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAlso, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Genesis
LawGive ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
Psalms
PoetryThe lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTherefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
1 Samuel
HistoryBear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Psalms
PoetrySo the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMy 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 Prophets / JeremiahYea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
Mark
GospelsThus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;