And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFrom the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
Judges
HistoryAnd being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
Mark
GospelsAnd if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
Esther
HistoryFor the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
John
Gospels / JohnAs God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
Job
WisdomAnd thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWoe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahBut and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
Exodus
LawFor the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTherefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahEven when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiTo whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
1 Peter
General EpistlesHold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Psalms
PoetryHe also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.