And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
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Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
Exodus
Law / MosesSo Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahUnto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
John
Gospels / JohnHe is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Proverbs
WisdomThus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
Genesis
LawThou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsFor he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesUpon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
Exodus
LawIf it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHenoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
Acts
History / LukeThe LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: