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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He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesDeceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
Psalms
PoetryThe king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThe LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
Numbers
Law / MosesBut the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelOn the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
Numbers
LawAnd I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesYe shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Exodus
LawBecause it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Mark
GospelsBut is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThen answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
John
Gospels / JohnBut he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Job
WisdomAnd he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.