And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Genesis
Law / MosesWe looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahPilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
John
GospelsBut is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesThese are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Genesis
Law / MosesSaying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
Matthew
GospelsThe mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkSo there was a division among the people because of him.
John
GospelsBut the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
Deuteronomy
LawHast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews
General EpistlesI will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
Leviticus
LawThey that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhen I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
Exodus
Law / MosesNow when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
John
GospelsAnd if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: