Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
Mark
GospelsThen took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.
Numbers
LawAnd the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Genesis
LawThe length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
Exodus
LawAnd the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewOur fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
Psalms
PoetryShall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
Numbers
LawI the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
John
GospelsBut Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
Numbers
LawI will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;