Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
Leviticus
LawAnd Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawHe stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Job
WisdomBetter it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs
WisdomWho smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersO Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsNeither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThere is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Nehemiah
HistoryTherefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAfterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
Genesis
LawAnd Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Exodus
LawFrom whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Acts
History / LukeIn whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
1 Samuel
HistoryNow the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.