And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Numbers
Law / MosesJudah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Acts
HistoryThen answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesMany are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Luke
GospelsThen came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
John
GospelsHe that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Proverbs
WisdomThou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis
LawThe sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThe face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Psalms
PoetrySurely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
Leviticus
Law / MosesOne of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Titus
Pauline EpistlesAnd when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSome fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: