And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
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And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
2 Chronicles
HistoryRemember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
Genesis
LawAnd he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTake heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Hebrews
General EpistlesFor because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Luke
GospelsAnd they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraYea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
Psalms
PoetryNow Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonLet mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Psalms
PoetryOf Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
Numbers
Law / MosesWherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Acts
History / LukeYe shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Leviticus
LawMy voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.