And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
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And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
Esther
History / MordecaiPrepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Genesis
LawYe shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.
Numbers
Law / MosesNow as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
Judges
History / SamuelGive the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Psalms
PoetryThus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWoe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsBlessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHave ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Amos
Minor ProphetsHow long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
Judges
HistoryAnd he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Psalms
PoetryAnd also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
Esther
History / MordecaiGod hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
Psalms
PoetryWho is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
Genesis
Law / MosesYet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.