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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Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Revelation
ApocalypticBut their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
Luke
GospelsAnd the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Leviticus
LawPeace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Genesis
Law / MosesPurge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYe are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
Judges
History / SamuelBut the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI 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 NathanFor the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Matthew
GospelsAnd there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Numbers
LawHear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelFinally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
Judges
History / SamuelOf Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.