So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIf thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
Exodus
LawFor he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThough thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaNeither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews
General EpistlesOur little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
Numbers
Law / MosesBehold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnGrant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
Psalms
PoetryJosiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumGive to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewJohn bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
John
GospelsThe light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
Exodus
Law / MosesSorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonMy soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhile Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
Numbers
LawAnd hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.