And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Hebrews
General EpistlesWhere the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThere shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis
LawSo that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
Psalms
PoetryHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
Judges
HistoryI have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
Deuteronomy
LawRooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesThe children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBlessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
1 Kings
HistoryThen hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFrom the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWho leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Nehemiah
HistoryFor the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs
WisdomThese are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTheir wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.