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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And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
Nehemiah
HistoryThe words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHis heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
Job
WisdomAs the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAs thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis
LawSo that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahYour father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
John
Gospels / JohnThough wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhy art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Psalms
PoetryIn holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Luke
Gospels / LukeOr as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Job
WisdomAnd when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Acts
History / LukeAnd they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsWho concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahDeliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.