And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Judges
HistoryA seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
John
GospelsThou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
Leviticus
LawWherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
Numbers
LawThere is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms
PoetryThen the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
Genesis
Law / MosesI tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Luke
GospelsGive instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
Mark
GospelsAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
Numbers
LawNotwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
Numbers
LawEven unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAt the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahLook down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
Genesis
Law / MosesAlso take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.