But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
Exodus
Law / MosesCursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanNow there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Job
WisdomIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
Numbers
LawThe fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTwo women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew
GospelsThe strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
Psalms
PoetryWhich were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John
Gospels / JohnFlee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
2 Samuel
HistoryOr suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHowbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
Judges
HistoryAnd the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Genesis
LawThat thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThese things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,