And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
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And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
Genesis
Law / MosesStrength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIn the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsNeither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
Numbers
LawThe words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsOut of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
Numbers
LawBut the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
Leviticus
LawAnd they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
Genesis
LawThat he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
Mark
GospelsAnd Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThis twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
Genesis
LawNow shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAs they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Acts
HistoryThey are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.