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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Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukBut I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Luke
GospelsAnd ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
Numbers
LawThe day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsCome down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBetter is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomSave me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Exodus
LawWhereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
Exodus
Law / MosesBefore the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.