And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
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And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
Genesis
Law / MosesWhen I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Job
Wisdom / JobThy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Solomon's Song
PoetryFor he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnswer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs
WisdomThou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Acts
History / LukeTake heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Acts
History / LukeBy his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHe hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahVex the Midianites, and smite them:
Numbers
Law / MosesThe LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsComfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
John
GospelsO God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
Acts
HistoryAnd I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
Exodus
Law / MosesO keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Psalms
PoetryThey shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAs he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,