In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
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And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
Genesis
LawYe have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
John
GospelsAnd the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
Genesis
LawO ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
Acts
HistoryIf I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Job
WisdomEvery man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIf there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
John
Gospels / JohnSorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
Acts
History / LukeHaving land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Acts
HistoryRepent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts
History / LukeTherefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
Genesis
LawWhen thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAlso when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThen said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWe will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.