65 Bible Verses About Spiritual Disciplines

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the Lord:

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.