Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAre ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNow to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
Numbers
Law / MosesWith clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
Job
WisdomAnd straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSpeak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
1 Samuel
HistoryWherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Exodus
LawThen said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Judges
HistoryAnd Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
Genesis
LawAnd 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
HistoryAnd a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:
Leviticus
LawGather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.