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 he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThere went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
Acts
HistoryMoreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
Luke
GospelsBut unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Matthew
GospelsTeach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Psalms
PoetryAnd said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
Judges
History / SamuelBut Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
John
GospelsIf ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Luke
GospelsOn the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis
Law / MosesYe know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Luke
GospelsThey have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryThus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
Exodus
LawThen the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
2 Samuel
HistoryWho among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.