To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus
LawThat our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
Psalms
PoetryAnd he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsBut if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThen said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
John
GospelsAnd he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
Luke
GospelsAnd he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBrethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
Exodus
Law / MosesThat ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulShe maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawThen Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
Acts
HistoryTherefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Leviticus
LawAnd I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawAnd let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSo the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
John
Gospels / JohnNeither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
Judges
History / SamuelAnd yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.