And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
Deuteronomy
LawAfterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
Nehemiah
HistoryIf any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Genesis
LawMuch people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
John
Gospels / JohnNevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
Judges
History / SamuelSave Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
John
GospelsWherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
Acts
History / LukeLet your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Acts
HistoryAnd gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
Matthew
GospelsOne of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
John
GospelsAnd now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
Judges
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFrom that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Matthew
GospelsFor now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulConsider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsAnd when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: