And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms
PoetryBecause thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Psalms
PoetryAnd out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhat man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Luke
GospelsAnd when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIn the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWith gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs he spake these words, many believed on him.
John
Gospels / JohnFor there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Matthew
GospelsThus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThat ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Acts
History / LukeTherefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.