And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Genesis
LawAs for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsA bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Matthew
GospelsA talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Proverbs
WisdomMy mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Exodus
Law / MosesYe shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHow long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAt the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd 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
History / MordecaiAnd needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
Numbers
Law / MosesNow his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAs a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
Psalms
PoetryThese are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNow for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWithout father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryThat our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.