And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThey said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThis is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Acts
HistoryFor David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Acts
HistoryAnd the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAll thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsBut as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
1 Kings
HistoryPrepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
Numbers
LawBut those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraUnto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Genesis
LawNow there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
Exodus
LawAnd they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.