But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsDeliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Psalms
PoetryThus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
Exodus
Law / MosesAfter him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahTo whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
Judges
HistoryBehold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIn whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
Psalms
PoetryHe saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
Matthew
GospelsSo shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Numbers
LawAnd yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Genesis
LawAnd Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Genesis
Law / MosesHow much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Psalms
PoetryThus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnIf the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
Leviticus
LawAnd it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
Genesis
LawAnd Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.