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;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownWoe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
Mark
GospelsSing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsThou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNone calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
Mark
GospelsFor I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus
LawThen Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
1 Samuel
HistoryI am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
Luke
GospelsWhere no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
Leviticus
Law / MosesNow she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesBut they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
Acts
History / LukeFor as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Job
WisdomAnd he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Genesis
LawBut if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.