And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
Deuteronomy
LawPreserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
Psalms
PoetryThou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Psalms
PoetryWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBehold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
Genesis
LawKeep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
Deuteronomy
LawIf 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
Law / MosesAll the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut 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 / JoshuaAnd he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkHe gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Psalms
PoetryIn that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
2 Kings
HistoryThere is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms
PoetryThen said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
Ruth
History / SamuelFor his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
Judges
HistoryFor he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Job
WisdomAnd Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
Genesis
LawAnd Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.