Discovery Box| (0.24) | Neh 13:22 |
| Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love. |
| (0.24) | Est 4:8 |
| He also gave him a written copy of the law that had been disseminated 1 in Susa for their destruction so that he could show it to Esther and talk to her about it. He also gave instructions that she should go to the king to implore him and petition him on behalf of her people. |
| (0.24) | Est 8:8 |
| Now you write in the king’s name whatever in your opinion is appropriate concerning the Jews and seal it with the king’s signet ring. Any decree that is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be rescinded. |
| (0.24) | Est 9:1 |
| In the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), on its thirteenth day, the edict of the king and his law were to be executed. It was on this day that the enemies of the Jews had supposed that they would gain power over them. But contrary to expectations, the Jews gained power over their enemies. |
| (0.24) | Est 9:19 |
| This is why the Jews who are in the rural country – those who live in rural cities – set aside the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a holiday for happiness, banqueting, holiday, and sending gifts to one another. |
| (0.24) | Job 1:16 |
| While this one was still speaking, 1 another messenger arrived 2 and said, “The fire of God 3 has fallen from heaven 4 and has burned up the sheep and the servants – it has consumed them! And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!” |
| (0.24) | Psa 42:4 |
| I will remember and weep! 1 For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival. 2 |
| (0.24) | Ecc 3:19 |
| For the fate of humans 1 and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting. |
| (0.24) | Ecc 5:6 |
| Do not let your mouth cause you 1 to sin, and do not tell the priest, 2 “It was a mistake!” 3 Why make God angry at you 4 so that he would destroy the work of your hands?” |
| (0.24) | Isa 7:1 |
| During 1 the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem 2 to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it. 3 |
| (0.24) | Isa 7:4 |
| Tell him, ‘Make sure you stay calm! 1 Don’t be afraid! Don’t be intimidated 2 by these two stubs of smoking logs, 3 or by the raging anger of Rezin, Syria, and the son of Remaliah. |
| (0.24) | Isa 10:15 |
| Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? 1 As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood! |
| (0.24) | Isa 10:20 |
| At that time 1 those left in Israel, those who remain of the family 2 of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. 3 Instead they will truly 4 rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 5 |
| (0.24) | Isa 24:18 |
| The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; 1 the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens 2 are opened up 3 and the foundations of the earth shake. |
| (0.24) | 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 |
| (0.24) | Isa 29:11 |
| To you this entire prophetic revelation 1 is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read 2 and say, “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t, because it is sealed.” |
| (0.24) | Isa 30:18 |
| For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. 1 Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed. 2 |
| (0.24) | Isa 30:29 |
| You will sing as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival. You will be happy like one who plays a flute as he goes to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock who shelters Israel. 1 |
| (0.24) | Isa 36:22 |
| Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief 1 and reported to him what the chief adviser had said. |
| (0.24) | Isa 37:24 |
| Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 1 ‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, 2 its thickest woods. |
