Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
John
GospelsFor, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
Mark
Gospels / MarkIf fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
Exodus
LawBut Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelSo Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsFor I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
Genesis
LawA naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSo God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis
LawAnd he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielJesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
John
Gospels / JohnHe shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBehold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
Joshua
HistoryAnd he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhich are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
Job
WisdomThe children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
Mark
GospelsThe LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahHe that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Revelation
ApocalypticA good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.