Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Job
Wisdom / JobThus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
Judges
History / SamuelI will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsFor my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBecause they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSo hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAs long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John
Gospels / JohnThus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
Judges
History / SamuelThus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAlso the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAt my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesFor this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
Acts
HistoryThis is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Job
WisdomHe shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Job
Wisdom / JobNevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAs Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?