All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Judges
HistoryNow the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTo appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
Exodus
LawO LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThen shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiIf by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesSo do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
2 Samuel
HistorySo the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
Ezra
HistoryHe that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Psalms
PoetryAnd Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
Joshua
HistoryHis eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job
Wisdom / JobAll they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Psalms
PoetryThere shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
Exodus
LawAnd Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsSurely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Job
WisdomThen shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.