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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This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
James
General EpistlesFor they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
John
GospelsAnd the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAt that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
Matthew
GospelsZion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsO give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psalms
PoetryHe shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Job
WisdomAnd walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
Leviticus
LawAnd they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIn the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
Genesis
Law / MosesMany pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
Deuteronomy
LawFor in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.