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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Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Matthew
GospelsBut it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus
LawThen the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhen thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Genesis
Law / MosesPeter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
John
GospelsAnd the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
Numbers
LawAnd they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
Numbers
Law / MosesThis is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomArise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
1 Kings
HistoryHis watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThere is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulIf ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.