And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Job
WisdomAnd Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Genesis
LawThen David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
Exodus
LawWe accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
Acts
HistorySon of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewStay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
Joshua
History / JoshuaHe giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThe day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Psalms
PoetryThrough the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
Acts
HistoryAnd they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
Joshua
HistorySaul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
1 Samuel
HistoryOr if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Numbers
LawOrder my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.