But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
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And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
1 Samuel
HistoryHaving the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnGo in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Exodus
LawHe saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
Matthew
GospelsThe Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
John
GospelsThen thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWith her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhich he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesFor this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterDuke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesBut thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsRehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Ezra
History / EzraWho knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAll that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
Psalms
PoetryAnd whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesTill we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
Psalms
PoetryDeliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.