And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
Psalms
PoetryIf I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
John
Gospels / JohnI made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
Deuteronomy
LawThey have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOf Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
Genesis
LawOf the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
2 Kings
HistoryFor all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTo keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTo him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Genesis
Law / MosesFor such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
Judges
History / SamuelFor I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesThese things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John
Gospels / JohnThe thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.