And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Psalms
PoetrySon of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
HistoryMoreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis
LawAnd he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
Mark
Gospels / MarkHe shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
Judges
HistoryAnd Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
Genesis
Law / MosesSo that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhen mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Luke
GospelsBehold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.