Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownFools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs
WisdomAlso I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
Judges
HistoryFine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSo I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaWhoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs
WisdomAnd no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
1 Chronicles
HistorySay, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIn the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
Numbers
LawThis people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
Joshua
History / JoshuaThese are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
Exodus
Law / MosesI will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesViolence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
Genesis
LawAnd when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.