And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesIn thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAs for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
Judges
HistoryThe heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
1 Chronicles
HistoryNow these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahWatch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewYet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
1 Samuel
HistoryPeace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John
GospelsBehold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawBut the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
2 Kings
HistoryAt the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThis is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.