Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersShe said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Acts
HistoryAnd he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
Deuteronomy
LawHe that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThese words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
John
Gospels / JohnMake me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersO vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSon of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNeither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
Genesis
LawOr I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
Esther
HistoryReprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTake the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
Numbers
Law / MosesSurely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsI have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,