Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSo then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesSurely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Psalms
PoetryFor the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
Ruth
History / SamuelFrom the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBecause the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Matthew
GospelsAnd Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Ruth
HistoryPeradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
Genesis
Law / MosesThere is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhen they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
Psalms
PoetryWise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Leviticus
LawThat all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.