Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanYet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAs we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSeek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWoe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Psalms
PoetryFor the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalms
PoetryThou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAccept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
1 Kings
HistoryAnd David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2 Samuel
HistoryThe vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThey that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
John
GospelsNow therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHer cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsDepart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAbram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.