Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawHow amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Psalms
PoetryWherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahHer princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahThen Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
Judges
HistoryWe roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAll the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsPass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers
LawAnd Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesYou only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosWhen a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonMoreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus
LawBoth to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
Matthew
GospelsAnd love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThough wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Job
Wisdom / JobSpeak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,