Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
Acts
History / LukeThen take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsOf the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSo shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
1 Samuel
HistoryEven the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Hebrews
General EpistlesArise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Ezra
History / EzraO LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
John
Gospels / JohnThe watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Matthew
GospelsAnd all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
Genesis
LawThis day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTherefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?