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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Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
Genesis
Law / MosesFor thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWe lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
1 Kings
HistoryThe night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesEnter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
Judges
HistoryI thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAs in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
Judges
HistoryHe brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFrom the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
Mark
GospelsFear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Psalms
PoetryHer husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Proverbs
WisdomBehold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Luke
GospelsDepart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Psalms
PoetryAnd shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Exodus
LawAnd the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTherefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.