The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterHe answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIs it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
Numbers
LawAnd ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
Luke
GospelsAnd three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
Amos
Minor ProphetsLord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
Matthew
GospelsAnd he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
Genesis
LawWherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Genesis
Law / MosesBecause ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIs Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesI am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
Mark
GospelsAnd one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.