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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Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
Exodus
LawAnd Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkIn the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiAnd caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
Judges
HistoryOur bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Psalms
PoetryCome, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Exodus
Law / MosesOr speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Job
WisdomIs he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.
Exodus
Law / MosesTo the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIn his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
2 Kings
HistoryBehold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms
PoetrySeest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / Solomon(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
Luke
GospelsAnd fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFather, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
John
Gospels / JohnTherefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
John
Gospels / JohnThus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiAnd when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
Acts
HistoryAnd the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.