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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Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
James
General EpistlesBehold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHow long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
John
Gospels / JohnAnd if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis
LawAnd he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
Joshua
History / JoshuaIf we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
Genesis
LawAnd the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Mark
GospelsDavid smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThrough God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Psalms
PoetryIn the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
Job
Wisdom / JobYea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMy flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mark
GospelsAnd he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?