In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Proverbs
WisdomWhen they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;
Acts
History / LukeNot that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Revelation
ApocalypticNow know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
Leviticus
LawAnd concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
Luke
GospelsJehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTo judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalms
PoetryHear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
Leviticus
LawThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahGod having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Mark
GospelsThe conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAll the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.