And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Esther
HistoryAs vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonVerily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John
GospelsI will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMoreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
Nehemiah
HistoryGo and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
Ruth
HistoryFor this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
Hebrews
General EpistlesIn famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Deuteronomy
LawBless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Psalms
PoetryAnd all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Numbers
LawAnd with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
Leviticus
Law / MosesMy soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Psalms
PoetryBut none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Job
WisdomOf Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulI have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Job
WisdomFor Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
Acts
History / LukeAvoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.