And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Proverbs
WisdomFor there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBut thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Psalms
PoetryAll the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
Mark
Gospels / MarkHate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Amos
Minor ProphetsThere are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHeaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Acts
HistoryOr crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
Leviticus
Law / MosesThey that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
1 Samuel
HistorySo she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Luke
GospelsLet them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
Psalms
Poetry / David and others(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Revelation
ApocalypticIf I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Job
Wisdom / JobThey shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.