And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
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And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
Numbers
LawAnd to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesWherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhen Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Ezra
HistoryThe children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThis is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIf thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
Deuteronomy
LawUnto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
Numbers
Law / MosesThen came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
1 Kings
HistoryRejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Genesis
LawWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Matthew
GospelsFor we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,