Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
Luke
GospelsAsk thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Job
WisdomThe children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetryWho will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Psalms
PoetryIn whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
Numbers
LawAnd the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSettle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Psalms
PoetryZalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThrough thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?