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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(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
Numbers
Law / MosesIf so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThese be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Deuteronomy
LawJesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Hebrews
General EpistlesBut I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
Hebrews
General EpistlesBut when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulStrive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Luke
GospelsAnd he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesWill the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Judges
History / SamuelBut I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
Judges
HistoryThen Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2 Kings
HistoryFor his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
Genesis
LawThey that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaHe sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
Psalms
PoetryHear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
2 Chronicles
HistoryVerily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
John
Gospels / JohnOr as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.