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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Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Psalms
PoetryThen there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
Numbers
LawAnd these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAgainst whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
Acts
History / LukeAnd when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
John
Gospels / JohnSo he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
Exodus
LawThus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAt the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers
LawAnd the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Genesis
LawMoreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
Esther
History / MordecaiHow he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIt is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Mark
GospelsOr if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
Luke
GospelsAnd now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
Psalms
PoetryThus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.