But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
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And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
John
GospelsAnd I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
Luke
GospelsAnd when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Acts
HistorySo Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanLet the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Job
WisdomLORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
2 Kings
HistoryDeal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
Exodus
Law / MosesYet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhich yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSaying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
Joshua
HistorySo Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.