Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownIt is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
1 Samuel
HistoryOf the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIn all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Ruth
History / SamuelI poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
Luke
Gospels / LukeA poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Proverbs
WisdomThe hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Numbers
LawLight is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
James
General EpistlesAnd I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
John
Gospels / JohnWhat will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBehold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThese were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBlind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawDeliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.