In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
1 Samuel
HistoryAccording to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
2 Chronicles
HistoryMake no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonA prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
Joshua
HistoryAnd it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
Leviticus
LawAnd, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
Luke
GospelsThen hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Exodus
Law / MosesGod layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThat ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsShe hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHappy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.