But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAgree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Matthew
GospelsHow then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Job
Wisdom / JobThou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psalms
PoetryOnly if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesStudy to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
Deuteronomy
LawFine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThere is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHowbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
John
GospelsA man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
Ruth
History / SamuelThe LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIn that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
Genesis
Law / MosesIn my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
Numbers
LawHis children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.