And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
Ruth
History / SamuelIf ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahKnowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBe merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Psalms
PoetrySo Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 Chronicles
HistoryGreat peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOn the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
Numbers
LawAlso, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
2 Kings
HistoryWho hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesIt is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs
WisdomBut when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Acts
HistoryLearn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
Exodus
LawAnd command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
Joshua
HistoryIf ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?