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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But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewLook thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
Acts
History / LukeNow when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsFor which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesBut the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2 Peter
General EpistlesBetter is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
Judges
History / SamuelNow the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they did all eat, and were filled.
Mark
GospelsNow Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThey are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
Luke
GospelsThe meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
Acts
History(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.