Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Genesis
Law / MosesWho is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
Exodus
LawAnd Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
Judges
HistoryAnd also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
Matthew
GospelsAnd if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
Leviticus
LawHow long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
Psalms
PoetryIf a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Proverbs
WisdomBut the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
1 Kings
HistoryFor ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
1 Peter
General EpistlesNeither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBehold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Job
Wisdom / JobShe considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs
WisdomFor the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
Mark
GospelsBehold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.