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- Nehemiah 6:13
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He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
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- Nehemiah 6:18
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For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
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- Nehemiah 7:2
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Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
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- Nehemiah 8:9
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Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
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- Nehemiah 8:10
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Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
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- Nehemiah 8:17
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The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.
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- Nehemiah 9:6
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You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
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- Nehemiah 9:7
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You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
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- Nehemiah 12:8
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The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
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- Nehemiah 12:43
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On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
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- Nehemiah 12:44
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And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.
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- Nehemiah 13:1
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At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
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- Nehemiah 13:21
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but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
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- Esther 1:1
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This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
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- Esther 1:11
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to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.
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- Esther 1:20
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The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
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- Esther 2:7
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And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.
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- Esther 2:14
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She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.
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- Esther 2:16
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She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
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- Esther 3:4
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Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
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- Esther 3:7
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In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
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- Esther 3:13
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And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
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- Esther 5:9
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That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
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- Esther 6:1
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That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
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- Esther 7:5
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Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
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- Esther 8:1
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That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.
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- Esther 8:9
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At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
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- Esther 8:12
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The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
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- Esther 9:1
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On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
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- Esther 9:11
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On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
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- Esther 9:24
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For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
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- Job 1:1
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There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
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- Job 1:3
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and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
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- Job 2:8
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And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
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- Job 3:4
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If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
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- Job 3:6
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If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
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- Job 3:7
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Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
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- Job 3:19
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Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
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- Job 4:7
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Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
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- Job 5:18
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For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
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- Job 5:27
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Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
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- Job 8:16
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He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
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- Job 8:19
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Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
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- Job 9:22
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It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
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- Job 9:24
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The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
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- Job 11:11
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Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
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- Job 13:16
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Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
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- Job 13:19
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Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
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- Job 13:28
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So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
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- Job 15:9
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What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
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