Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
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And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
Numbers
LawThen the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThere be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
Proverbs
WisdomThou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThis is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTake great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNo man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
Luke
GospelsAnd all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
Acts
HistoryAsk, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Matthew
GospelsThou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
Exodus
Law / MosesSurely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAfter him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryTherefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhich thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Acts
History / LukeAnd said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsBut those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.