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 Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraCome now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Genesis
LawAnd John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
Mark
GospelsAnd this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
Exodus
Law / MosesOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Numbers
LawAnd these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
Job
WisdomBut a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Titus
Pauline EpistlesHowbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Matthew
GospelsTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
Matthew
GospelsCanst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Job
Wisdom / JobThe calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
Amos
Minor ProphetsNeither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBetter is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;