And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
Acts
HistorySon of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThey shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
Revelation
ApocalypticNone that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Acts
HistoryHe poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
Luke
GospelsNow therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTo keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesLet the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Psalms
PoetryBut I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownCommand the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
Numbers
Law / MosesTo the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job
Wisdom / JobBecause of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Psalms
PoetryA man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs
WisdomSo I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.