Discovery Box| (0.13) | 2Ch 29:17 |
| On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord’s temple. 1 For eight more days they consecrated the Lord’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished. |
| (0.13) | 2Ch 30:5 |
| So they sent an edict 1 throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people 2 to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. 3 |
| (0.13) | 2Ch 32:11 |
| Hezekiah says, “The Lord our God will rescue us from the power 1 of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst! 2 |
| (0.13) | Est 1:5 |
| When those days 1 were completed, the king then provided a seven-day 2 banquet for all the people who were present 3 in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly. 4 It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace. |
| (0.13) | Est 5:2 |
| When the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she met with his approval. 1 The king extended to Esther the gold scepter that was in his hand, and Esther approached and touched the end of the scepter. |
| (0.13) | Est 7:7 |
| In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life, 1 for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him. 2 |
| (0.13) | Est 8:3 |
| Then Esther again spoke with the king, falling at his feet. She wept and begged him for mercy, that he might nullify the evil of Haman the Agagite which he had intended against the Jews. 1 |
| (0.13) | Est 9:24 |
| For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised plans against the Jews to destroy them. He had cast pur (that is, the lot) in order to afflict and destroy them. |
| (0.13) | Psa 68:30 |
| Sound your battle cry 1 against the wild beast of the reeds, 2 and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! 3 They humble themselves 4 and offer gold and silver as tribute. 5 God 6 scatters 7 the nations that like to do battle. |
| (0.13) | Psa 69:6 |
| Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O sovereign Lord and king! 1 Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel! |
| (0.13) | Psa 78:38 |
| Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury. 1 |
| (0.13) | Psa 90:10 |
| The days of our lives add up to seventy years, 1 or eighty, if one is especially strong. 2 But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. 3 Yes, 4 they pass quickly 5 and we fly away. 6 |
| (0.13) | Psa 106:23 |
| He threatened 1 to destroy them, but 2 Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him 3 and turned back his destructive anger. 4 |
| (0.13) | 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?” |
| (0.13) | Ecc 5:8 |
| If you see the extortion 1 of the poor, or the perversion 2 of justice and fairness in the government, 3 do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, 4 and there are higher ones over them! 5 |
| (0.13) | Ecc 5:15 |
| Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil. |
| (0.13) | Ecc 7:15 |
| During the days of my fleeting life 1 I have seen both 2 of these things: Sometimes 3 a righteous person dies prematurely 4 in spite of 5 his righteousness, and sometimes 6 a wicked person lives long 7 in spite of his evil deeds. |
| (0.13) | Ecc 12:5 |
| and they are afraid of heights and the dangers 1 in the street; the almond blossoms 2 grow white, 3 and the grasshopper 4 drags itself along, 5 and the caper berry 6 shrivels up 7 – because man goes to his eternal home, 8 and the mourners go about in the streets – |
| (0.13) | Isa 2:4 |
| He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, 1 and their spears into pruning hooks. 2 Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war. |
| (0.13) | 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. |
