And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Job
WisdomAnd he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
Mark
GospelsAnd Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
Genesis
LawThus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhen thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThis they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
Exodus
LawAnd thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
Exodus
LawReturn unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
Psalms
PoetryLet the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms
PoetryMoreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
Ruth
HistorySeven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalms
PoetryHim therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulYet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulLORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraEphraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?