100 Bible Verses About Lent

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.

They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan–aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear–jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;

That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.

Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.

But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

And the captain of the Lord’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.

Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.

Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.

And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.