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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If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
Deuteronomy
LawNow the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAre there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Job
Wisdom / JobI will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersUnderstanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Deuteronomy
LawAs the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Micah
Minor ProphetsIf a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Exodus
LawYour new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
Luke
GospelsAnd he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Mark
Gospels / MarkRejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Deuteronomy
LawHowl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesDelivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
Acts
History / LukeAnd my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Psalms
PoetryThe heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
Job
Wisdom / JobTurn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.