Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAcquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job
WisdomWherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
2 Kings
HistoryThat it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
1 Samuel
HistoryRemember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Psalms
PoetryBut fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThis day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Deuteronomy
LawFor the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Deuteronomy
LawHe measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
John
GospelsAm I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
Job
WisdomLet thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
Psalms
Poetry(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
1 Kings
HistoryThey shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesLet no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
James
General Epistles / JamesUnderstand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd every man went unto his own house.