Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
Acts
History / LukeYet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnPaul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
James
General EpistlesFor whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
James
General Epistles / JamesThe children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
Exodus
Law / MosesIf there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
Matthew
GospelsAnd there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
Exodus
Law / MosesBring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Chronicles
HistoryNow the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.