So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
Mark
GospelsWho hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
1 Samuel
HistoryHe answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielNicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
John
Gospels / JohnFor out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Matthew
GospelsWhen they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewShall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
Mark
GospelsFor which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesDo not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
Leviticus
LawTherefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
1 Chronicles
HistorySave, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.