Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
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And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
Joshua
History / JoshuaYe shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
Numbers
LawNot rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
1 Peter
General EpistlesBut prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThen he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew
GospelsThus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
1 Kings
HistoryJoseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
Genesis
Law / MosesIf I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
John
GospelsAnd the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
Numbers
Law / MosesLORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
Psalms
PoetryAnd all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
Joshua
HistoryAnd they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Acts
HistoryFor though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exodus
Law / MosesI will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Psalms
PoetryAnd Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Judges
HistoryI am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.