And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
1 Kings
HistoryLet the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHaran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMoreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
Judges
History / SamuelBut my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Ezra
HistoryMy bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
James
General EpistlesFor indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
John
Gospels / JohnWherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Acts
HistoryAnd the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
John
GospelsAnd he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
Leviticus
LawI will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAfter two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Psalms
PoetryAnd I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: