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 Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryIf men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
Judges
HistoryAnd the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
Genesis
LawThe earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Genesis
LawWho hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Acts
History / LukeBut the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
Luke
GospelsFor the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsI will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsYe shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesJesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
John
Gospels / JohnBut the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Acts
HistoryAnd the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
Judges
HistoryHe winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterMiamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
Numbers
Law / MosesSo we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.