And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahI have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Psalms
PoetryBut they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Psalms
PoetryRemove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Proverbs
WisdomEthiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumHarim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
Nehemiah
HistoryFor God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
Job
WisdomAnd there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
1 Samuel
HistorySuppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Acts
History / LukeAnd he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
Judges
HistoryAhinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
Judges
HistoryAnd the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsConfess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
James
General Epistles / JamesFor there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
Numbers
LawThe sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.