KJV Bible Concordance
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(6) And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
(12) Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
(12) Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
(13) And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
(1) On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
(14) And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
(9) Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
(11) Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
(11) On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
(15) For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
(16) But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
(18) But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
(20) And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
(2) And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
(5) And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
(13) And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
(14) And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
(18) While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
(7) Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
(2) Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
(20) They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
(20) They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
(15) Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
(21) Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
(4) I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
(20) They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
(23) Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
(23) Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
(24) That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
(4) As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
(16) Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
(5) As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
(2) Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
(5) When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
(3) For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
(5) They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
(7) Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
(8) They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
(8) They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
(20) If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
(28) This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
(4) Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
(15) They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
(21) His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
(35) Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
(16) She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
(15) And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
(2) The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
(5) There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
(7) Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.