And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaHear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
Job
WisdomAnd the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielWho sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsSo Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThese are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Leviticus
Law / MosesI make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThen said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis
LawI will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThey were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and Nathan(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.