And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
Exodus
LawThat ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / Paul(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Genesis
LawAnd the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
Judges
HistoryTo deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesIn the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
Mark
GospelsAnd it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
Acts
HistoryFor we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIn the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
Exodus
LawLikewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
John
Gospels / JohnBut when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
Acts
HistoryHaving land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Acts
History / LukeMoreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Exodus
LawThe voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.