A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
Esther
History / MordecaiNevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMy soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOpen thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
Exodus
Law / MosesSaying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
1 Chronicles
HistoryNow the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings
HistoryThat the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
Genesis
LawJesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesMy goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
Joshua
HistoryMischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
Acts
History / LukeNeither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Deuteronomy
LawBehold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.