And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahForty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
Matthew
GospelsHe hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
John
Gospels / JohnNumber the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
Numbers
Law / MosesAll the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
Esther
History / MordecaiSo the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNotwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesLet the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahNow there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Acts
HistoryI have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahCan a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOf the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
Exodus
Law / MosesAsaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;