Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
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Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
Job
WisdomAnd that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLet them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Matthew
GospelsBut some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesSalute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWhen they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
Matthew
GospelsAnd it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
1 Kings
HistoryI may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: