And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIt is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Judges
HistoryAnd they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThey shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahGo thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTake hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNeither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Job
Wisdom / JobI have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Job
WisdomBrought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;