Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
Numbers
LawTherefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
Genesis
Law / MosesBut Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
Acts
HistoryThis shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsFor if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
Acts
HistoryAnd, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Job
WisdomWithhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
Exodus
LawFor so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMoreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
Acts
HistoryThen shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Matthew
GospelsAnd I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
Judges
HistoryAnd when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Genesis
Law / MosesGreatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
Luke
Gospels / LukeThy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.