And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:
Leviticus
LawAll thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBe watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnRemember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
Luke
Gospels / LukeDid not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
Genesis
Law / MosesHear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Deuteronomy
LawThey have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
Leviticus
LawLet thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGo not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Numbers
LawAnd the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Psalms
PoetryFor all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomEzer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: