And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
Psalms
PoetryAnd these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Esther
History / MordecaiBut 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
History / LukeWho gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesWoe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Job
WisdomAnd this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.