And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
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So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Leviticus
LawIf thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Genesis
LawWherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesSave that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
Acts
HistoryAnd Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,
Joshua
HistoryAnd Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Job
WisdomSpeak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsShall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWho knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
Joel
Minor ProphetsWhoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraMale and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis
Law / MosesOh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms
PoetryYe are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Matthew
GospelsWe have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
Psalms
PoetryO house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSay not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAgain the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBe not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.