And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
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And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
Judges
HistoryHear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhich is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
Luke
GospelsAnd Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
Numbers
LawBefore destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Proverbs
WisdomThy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersReproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Psalms
PoetryIn that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThese things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
John
Gospels / JohnBehold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielYet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
2 Kings
HistoryAs the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeLet there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.