Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
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Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
Numbers
LawThen he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
2 Kings
HistoryThen said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Genesis
LawNevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
Luke
GospelsAnd Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersKnowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesLet them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Psalms
PoetryThe changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahA grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsA wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
Acts
HistoryAfterward 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
HistoryA voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?