In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
Leviticus
LawGod hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnSaying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Acts
HistoryBut if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSaying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahLet thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Genesis
LawAsahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTrust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThe land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSearch me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
1 Kings
HistorySo they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
Numbers
Law / MosesMy head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.