Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Matthew
GospelsMost men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
Numbers
LawLet another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraIf thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
1 Kings
HistoryBut while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulYet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
Exodus
LawArise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahHis roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
Job
WisdomWoe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.
Luke
GospelsBut Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBehold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFolly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThen were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.