And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Mark
GospelsAnd these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThen said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
Numbers
LawGod is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
Exodus
LawAnd if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.
Judges
History / SamuelI will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Psalms
PoetryFor they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDamascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThough thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.