As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis
Law / MosesSo the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
Exodus
LawIn that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
Exodus
Law / MosesBlessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
Exodus
LawAnd for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Numbers
LawIn the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Psalms
PoetryFor the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Nehemiah
HistoryWhereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
2 Chronicles
HistorySing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryThy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBeware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
Luke
Gospels / LukeYe are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
2 Kings
HistoryLay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.