For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
1 Chronicles
HistoryEven in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Exodus
LawAnd they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhat prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahJesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John
Gospels / JohnThe Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
Mark
GospelsAnd Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
Judges
History / SamuelSing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBehold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulBe pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Genesis
LawShechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBut I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.