And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
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And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawAnd Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielYe shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIt is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
Psalms
PoetryAnd ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
2 Kings
HistoryThe God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
2 Samuel
HistoryAlso Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahCursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
LawJesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
John
GospelsAnd the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSeeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Leviticus
Law / MosesOr a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
Leviticus
Law / MosesThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.