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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And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
Luke
GospelsAnd next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Job
WisdomNeither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Judges
History / SamuelHave we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
John
Gospels / JohnFor Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Exodus
LawAt that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawHow forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
1 Kings
HistoryAre ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosBut the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Mark
GospelsAnd he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Genesis
Law / MosesNoah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.