To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
Genesis
LawOh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTen cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.
Exodus
LawBut he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAre they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Deuteronomy
LawFor there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWhat advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThen shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
2 Kings
HistoryHe hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Psalms
PoetryWhen I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
Mark
GospelsUnto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Acts
HistoryMy lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThen Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
1 Kings
HistoryIn the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
Judges
History / SamuelThen said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?