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.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Acts
History / LukeAnd I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
Exodus
Law / MosesHuram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBehold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Exodus
Law / MosesWho hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Job
WisdomAgain, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Numbers
LawAnd out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
Matthew
GospelsNow therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonIf the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Exodus
Law / MosesWho whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Psalms
PoetryAnd a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.