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 any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
John
Gospels / JohnBut Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
Matthew
GospelsBut I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
Psalms
PoetryIn that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThe plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Psalms
PoetryAnd at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
Deuteronomy
LawI will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAgain there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
Job
Wisdom / JobNeither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMen, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
Acts
History / LukeTrust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielBut Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSo they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.