and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the faith and have attained a full knowledge of the truth.
Esther 3:8
So Haman said to King Ahasuerus, ‘There is a certain people scattered among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, whose laws differ from those of every other and who do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not right for the king to tolerate them.
Psalms 40:7
Then said I, ‘Here I am, as the roll of the book has enjoined.
Psalms 78:63
Fire devoured their young men, and their maidens had no marriage-song.
Psalms 144:13
May our barns be bursting with produce of all kinds. In the fields may our sheep bear by thousands and ten thousands.
Hosea 1:6
When she conceived again and bore a daughter, the Lord said to Hosea: ‘Call her Lo-Ruhamah – “No-Compassion” for I will no longer have compassion on Israel, certainly not spare them.