I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Job
WisdomBut chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Psalms
PoetryThat Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Acts
HistoryNevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
Mark
Gospels / MarkThese are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Genesis
LawIs not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Leviticus
Law / MosesA brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs
WisdomBecause they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Psalms
PoetryThe blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Genesis
LawBut the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWhen thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Judges
History / SamuelHowl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
Joshua
HistoryAnd he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThe wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAlso he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.