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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And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
Judges
HistoryThy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
1 Samuel
HistoryCommand Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
Psalms
PoetryFor I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
Acts
History / LukeFor, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
Genesis
LawAnd every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Matthew
GospelsWhile Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
Judges
History / SamuelBe silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAll that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
2 Kings
HistoryWhosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsCome, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.