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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But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
Leviticus
Law / MosesMy flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Psalms
PoetryNevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSaying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Genesis
Law / MosesNot for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWhen thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBehold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewO let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesSo the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahGather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahA word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
Genesis
LawAs free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
Matthew
GospelsI called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
Job
WisdomHe that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
John
GospelsThey arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.