And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Job
WisdomAnd know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
Deuteronomy
LawThe lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Matthew
GospelsTo the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesSon of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
Exodus
LawLet the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
Ezra
History / EzraWoe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIt may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
2 Samuel
HistoryThey said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Luke
GospelsMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
Leviticus
LawAnd as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
1 Samuel
HistoryIf I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHow that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTheir Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.