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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For John was not yet cast into prison.
John
GospelsAnd Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
Judges
HistoryTo him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterBut he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
Ezra
History / EzraUntil I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
Hebrews
General EpistlesThen Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiAnd the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Acts
HistoryAnd it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
Genesis
Law / MosesA wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
Proverbs
WisdomHow shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAt that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThe steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
Psalms
PoetryThen cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?