Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
Luke
GospelsShall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosFor thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Job
WisdomBehold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosSo when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Genesis
LawAnd Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAs the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
John
Gospels / JohnHe shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
Exodus
LawAnd the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
Psalms
PoetryIncline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Psalms
PoetryTake ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
Exodus
Law / MosesOr if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsDeclaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsPaul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Leviticus
Law / MosesWherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahO my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsYet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.