Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
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And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
Psalms
PoetryFor if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
James
General Epistles / JamesPraise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryBut now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Revelation
ApocalypticThere will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Genesis
LawI will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaHowbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Matthew
GospelsAnd when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Proverbs
WisdomOr if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
Leviticus
LawThe princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
Matthew
GospelsAnd unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Genesis
Law / MosesHer children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Luke
GospelsBut this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
Mark
GospelsDavid therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.