And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
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And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWhence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThat by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThe rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
2 Samuel
HistoryBe not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
Acts
HistoryAnd he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
Leviticus
LawFor again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
Esther
History / MordecaiNevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahWhereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
2 Samuel
HistoryNot that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAll that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
Psalms
PoetryYet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Leviticus
LawTherefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsArise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.