But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBy this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis
LawAnd now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
Job
WisdomAnd cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHow oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
Esther
History / MordecaiI have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIn Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
Job
WisdomThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Matthew
GospelsJudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhen thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIn whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: