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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He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
John
GospelsPrinces also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryThen shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
Psalms
PoetryAnd she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
Ruth
History / SamuelBut when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
Mark
GospelsAnd he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
Matthew
GospelsMoreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
Numbers
LawOf the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBecause the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Numbers
LawEphraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Exodus
Law / MosesIn what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWhen therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
Acts
History / LukeAnd had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAt the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Proverbs
WisdomHast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Leviticus
Law / MosesMoreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.