Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
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But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAlso every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Deuteronomy
LawTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhen Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Hebrews
General EpistlesWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
Joshua
HistoryAnd he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
Numbers
LawAnd they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
Luke
GospelsAnd the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.
Joshua
HistoryThat whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
Judges
History / SamuelHe maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielOf clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
Genesis
Law / MosesThen said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahHear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
2 Kings
HistoryBut they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.