For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd, 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
HistoryWhen he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Proverbs
WisdomSeest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
Daniel
Major ProphetsIn that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraO give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryTake heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesRid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
Psalms
PoetryFor when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Hebrews
General EpistlesWhen I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Job
WisdomIn like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
Mark
Gospels / MarkYe shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
Acts
History / LukeSon of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
Ruth
History / SamuelGod hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAt that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.