And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
John
GospelsBut let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
Genesis
LawDrink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Proverbs
WisdomThe LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSon of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
Numbers
LawHumble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
James
General EpistlesAnd I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAll ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsGod forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
Nehemiah
HistoryNow Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Genesis
LawWho maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Acts
History / LukeThe counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.