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 I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Genesis
LawAnd they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
Numbers
Law / MosesIf ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
Judges
History / SamuelMy beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Solomon's Song
PoetryBut last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
Genesis
LawPhrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Acts
HistoryAnd all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
Luke
GospelsAnd they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
Matthew
GospelsBlessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
1 Kings
HistoryIn the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
Joshua
HistoryBut if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsA son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Malachi
Minor ProphetsBut God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesEven from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,