To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Psalms
PoetryEvery one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsOf the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
John
Gospels / JohnHer princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsThe nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.
Mark
GospelsThus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawI made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAlso Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Esther
History / MordecaiThe stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
Matthew
GospelsYe shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAll the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
Job
WisdomBut Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSo shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Proverbs
WisdomThe LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Jude
General Epistles / JudeFor when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.