That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
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For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonWhereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownHatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs
WisdomShall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBlessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
Judges
HistoryHe that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs
WisdomFor yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesBefore thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahWhat knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job
WisdomFoolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahShechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
Nehemiah
HistoryYe shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
Luke
GospelsWhy abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
Judges
HistoryStrive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
Genesis
Law / MosesNow in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.