But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
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And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThey that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahNow when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsJesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
John
Gospels / JohnThou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Job
WisdomWhatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesLet all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
Psalms
PoetryAll sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
Psalms
PoetryAnd Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
2 Samuel
HistoryHow our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
Numbers
LawAnd there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
Luke
GospelsFor they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Esther
HistoryAnd charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThis shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
Leviticus
LawIf a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
John
GospelsHe in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFrom men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.