Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Acts
HistoryAnd Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
Genesis
Law / MosesCursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesYe are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Matthew
GospelsWho shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
Job
WisdomMen shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Job
WisdomWhen I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMoreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Acts
History / LukeAnd all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
Genesis
LawWhere no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
Numbers
Law / MosesWith the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraNow when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Acts
HistoryHe shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
2 Kings
HistoryHowl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.