The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
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But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosBut tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielMoreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Leviticus
Law / MosesDoth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
James
General EpistlesStand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther
HistoryBut whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonA faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSo Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
2 Kings
HistoryMy mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Psalms
PoetryI beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesAnd on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHelez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanLet the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulMy foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
Deuteronomy
LawOr suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen believed they his words; they sang his praise.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDelight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.