And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
Exodus
LawSing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAll these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBehold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Numbers
LawBehold, 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 / JeremiahA fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Proverbs
WisdomBut the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThere was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
Judges
HistoryAnd Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
Genesis
LawHe hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahShe is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsIn the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
Leviticus
LawAnd Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahO satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psalms
PoetryAnd not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.