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
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms
PoetryI beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBy so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBy the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Job
Wisdom / JobThat which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Psalms
PoetryMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kings
HistoryWhich Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesWhence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
Numbers
LawWhen I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
Judges
HistoryAnd seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
Deuteronomy
LawThen the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.