Discovery Box| (0.38) | Est 9:22 |
| as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies – the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor. |
| (0.38) | Est 9:27 |
| Therefore, because of the account found in this letter and what they had faced in this regard and what had happened to them, the Jews established as binding on themselves, their descendants, and all who joined their company that they should observe these two days without fail, just as written and at the appropriate time on an annual basis. |
| (0.38) | Est 9:28 |
| These days were to be remembered and to be celebrated in every generation and in every family, every province, and every city. The Jews were not to fail to observe these days of Purim; the remembrance of them was not to cease among their descendants. |
| (0.38) | Job 1:5 |
| When 1 the days of their feasting were finished, 2 Job would send 3 for them and sanctify 4 them; he would get up early 5 in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to 6 the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps 7 my children 8 have sinned and cursed 9 God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice. |
| (0.38) | Ecc 1:13 |
| I decided 1 to carefully 2 and thoroughly examine 3 all that has been accomplished on earth. 4 I concluded: 5 God has given people 6 a burdensome task 7 that keeps them 8 occupied. 9 |
| (0.38) | Ecc 2:3 |
| I thought deeply 1 about the effects of 2 indulging 3 myself 4 with wine (all the while 5 my mind was guiding me 6 with wisdom) 7 and the effects of 8 behaving foolishly, 9 so that |
| (0.38) | Ecc 4:1 |
| So 1 I again considered 2 all the oppression 3 that continually occurs 4 on earth. 5 This is what I saw: 6 The oppressed 7 were in tears, 8 but no one was comforting them; no one delivers 9 them from the power of their oppressors. |
| (0.38) | Ecc 5:1 |
| 1 Be careful what you do 2 when you go to the temple 3 of God; draw near to listen 4 rather than to offer a sacrifice 5 like fools, 6 for they do not realize that they are doing wrong. |
| (0.38) | Ecc 6:12 |
| For no one knows what is best for a person during his life 1 – during the few days of his fleeting life – for 2 they pass away 3 like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth. 4 |
| (0.38) | Ecc 7:14 |
| In times of prosperity 1 be joyful, but in times of adversity 2 consider this: God has made one as well as the other, 3 so that no one can discover what the future holds. 4 |
| (0.38) | Ecc 8:9 |
| While applying 1 my mind 2 to everything 3 that happens in this world, 4 I have seen all this: Sometimes one person 5 dominates 6 other people 7 to their harm. 8 |
| (0.38) | Ecc 8:12 |
| Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes 1 and still live a long time, 2 yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people 3 – for they stand in fear 4 before him. |
| (0.38) | Ecc 8:14 |
| Here is 1 another 2 enigma 3 that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, 4 and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. 5 I said, “This also is an enigma.” |
| (0.38) | Ecc 8:16 |
| When I tried 1 to gain 2 wisdom and to observe the activity 3 on earth – even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night 4 – |
| (0.38) | Ecc 9:3 |
| This is the unfortunate fact 1 about everything that happens on earth: 2 the same fate awaits 3 everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people 4 are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives – then they die. 5 |
| (0.38) | Ecc 11:5 |
| Just as you do not know the path 1 of the wind, or how the bones form 2 in the womb of a pregnant woman, 3 so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. |
| (0.38) | Isa 9:7 |
| His dominion will be vast 1 and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. 2 He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, 3 establishing it 4 and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, 5 from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord’s intense devotion to his people 6 will accomplish this. |
| (0.38) | Isa 20:2 |
| At that time the Lord announced through 1 Isaiah son of Amoz: “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and take your sandals off your feet.” He did as instructed and walked around in undergarments 2 and barefoot. |
| (0.38) | Isa 27:11 |
| When its branches get brittle, 1 they break; women come and use them for kindling. 2 For these people lack understanding, 3 therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them. |
| (0.38) | Isa 28:15 |
| For you say, “We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol 1 we have made an agreement. 2 When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by 3 it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word.” 4 |
