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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One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers
LawWho will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
2 Kings
HistoryWho hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelTherefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahOnly be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahJerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraCut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
Psalms
PoetryLet them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersKeep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Psalms
PoetryWhen he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
John
Gospels / JohnFor the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahGo in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Exodus
LawThe LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
Joshua
History / JoshuaSo I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMuch food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.