And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
Numbers
LawThe length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
Exodus
Law / MosesHe that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Revelation
ApocalypticIs not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
Job
WisdomAnd the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
Esther
HistoryAnd in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAfter these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Esther
History / MordecaiThus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
Esther
History / MordecaiLet us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulZion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
Psalms
PoetryBut murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryLet your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
Exodus
LawAnd the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAs the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,