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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But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
Matthew
GospelsAnd it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Exodus
LawAnd of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
1 Samuel
HistoryFor thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanDo not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
John
GospelsAnd after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesI will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhen I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukThen they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersShe is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
Deuteronomy
LawTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John
Gospels / JohnYet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBut Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
2 Kings
HistoryDig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.