On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
Judges
History / SamuelForget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Psalms
PoetryThat I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
Psalms
PoetryAnd shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnother parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Deuteronomy
LawWhere their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark
GospelsYet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
Exodus
LawBehold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
Judges
History / SamuelFor I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John
Gospels / JohnPeter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
John
GospelsThen said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
Acts
HistoryFor the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs
WisdomThe next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John
Gospels / JohnBehold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.