The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThat the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Genesis
Law / MosesI am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers
Law / MosesNotwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIn the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThat the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
Psalms
PoetryTherefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosMy son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Genesis
LawBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
Acts
HistoryFor the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahI came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
John
GospelsProviding for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
Nehemiah
HistoryIf thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: