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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Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
Luke
GospelsAnd I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaBut Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
Genesis
LawI said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHaving therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
Acts
History / LukeAnd the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Revelation
ApocalypticFor I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHer wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
Judges
HistoryThe children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
History / EzraThe fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
Numbers
LawTherefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawAnd there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd 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.
Luke
Gospels / LukeDeliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: