Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
2 Samuel
HistoryRighteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
Psalms
PoetryConcerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
Luke
GospelsWoe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
1 Chronicles
HistoryNow it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
Nehemiah
HistoryThere is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
Job
WisdomAn instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhen Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
Exodus
LawHepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Exodus
Law / MosesThese are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
Genesis
Law / MosesWoe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Luke
Gospels / LukeKnow therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhy withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDeclare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.