Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
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And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
Esther
HistoryDeliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
LawNo man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
Judges
History / SamuelWith thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSurely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
HistoryIn transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Exodus
LawFor thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHer feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonLay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
2 Chronicles
HistoryGet you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahPraise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis
Law / MosesThis wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonWhich maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Job
WisdomAnd saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.