In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Exodus
LawAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
John
GospelsThe LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Numbers
LawWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewPeter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1 Peter
General EpistlesYet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsThen all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
Genesis
LawWhat then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsFor who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
Numbers
LawAnd she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
Genesis
LawAnd it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
Joshua
HistorySing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
John
Gospels / JohnHave mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,