And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
Job
WisdomNone shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
Mark
Gospels / MarkIn that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThen shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBlessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHim that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesHe reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTake the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Luke
GospelsI am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
Genesis
LawAnd the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.