But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawAnd the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Luke
GospelsJohn answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
John
GospelsBut we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Job answered and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobSo that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
Numbers
Law / MosesBehold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Amos
Minor ProphetsWhen I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Job
WisdomAnd I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsGo forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesEspecially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Acts
HistoryFor the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Judges
History / SamuelYour gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
Judges
HistoryAnd out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Mark
GospelsWhen thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielOne of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
John
GospelsAnd Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
1 Kings
HistoryGive to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.