Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsJarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
Joshua
History / JoshuaThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsOr if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Job
Wisdom / JobWhat time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Psalms
PoetryLest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Psalms
PoetryThey shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIn the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
1 Kings
HistoryThou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
Numbers
Law / MosesWoe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
Acts
History / LukeSo he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
Genesis
LawThe LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: