Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
Job
WisdomA wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
Numbers
LawAnd Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
Numbers
Law / MosesPhrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Acts
HistoryThe thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonLet the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Job
WisdomIn those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAnd of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
Exodus
Law / MosesWill a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
Amos
Minor ProphetsForbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTheir land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.
Nehemiah
HistoryThus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
Numbers
LawAfter him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
Nehemiah
HistoryTherefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luke
GospelsI know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.