So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
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Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
Acts
History / LukeBut I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
Judges
HistoryWhich when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
Acts
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus
Law / MosesThat is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesHear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBy faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownI am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBeware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
Acts
HistoryOf the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
Nehemiah
HistoryNow the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Revelation
ApocalypticFor now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
Job
Wisdom / JobSaying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Luke
GospelsI will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Psalms
PoetryWhich say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhat thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThe height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHis substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.