And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahSay not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
John
GospelsTruly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
Numbers
LawHow are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Numbers
Law / MosesLest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulGod standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryTo whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahGavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Job
WisdomAnd there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
Mark
Gospels / MarkGreat is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
Psalms
PoetrySo Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanRejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Matthew
GospelsNone eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHere is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThe LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.