Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
Job
WisdomI would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis
LawAnd when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielJesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
John
GospelsI applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
Acts
HistoryFor I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSeeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
Job
WisdomBut murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersJoshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLet not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraOn the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
Job
Wisdom / JobFrom the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.