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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For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
Matthew
GospelsThat which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
History / Ezra(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAssociate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
Numbers
LawAnd it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John
Gospels / JohnWhat therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Mark
GospelsBut this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
John
GospelsPeter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
John
GospelsAnd the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Genesis
Law / MosesWho hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
Job
WisdomO LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
Psalms
PoetrySo I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.