Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
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They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Revelation
ApocalypticBut I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Daniel
Major ProphetsThey chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Judges
HistoryAnd after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Daniel
Major ProphetsI sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
John
Gospels / JohnThe thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Acts
HistoryAnd Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
Genesis
LawIt is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy
LawBut when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
Acts
History / LukeOf the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
Matthew
GospelsAnd when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.