And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnFor if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
James
General EpistlesHe casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Psalms
PoetryAnd of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
Ezra
History / EzraFor I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSo that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Luke
Gospels / LukeTherefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
Luke
GospelsI am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Genesis
LawSo concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
Genesis
LawFor they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
1 Kings
HistoryWhich did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAlthough my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanCome up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.