And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTake heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
John
GospelsSome also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
Mark
GospelsAnd it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms
PoetryThe curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
Genesis
Law / MosesRejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnIn the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLet the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
Genesis
Law / MosesYe shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe 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
Law / MosesAnd Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
1 Kings
HistoryNeither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.