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.
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And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
Mark
GospelsWho hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Genesis
LawAnd at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
Nehemiah
HistoryBecause they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesThus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
Numbers
Law / MosesThus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Luke
GospelsWhen the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnKnowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterYe are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWhen the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: