Esther 6:1
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The King Honors Mordecai
6 On that night the king could not sleep, and he gave orders to bring the book of records, the annals, and they were read to the king.(A)
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Daniel 6:18
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18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no entertainment was brought to him, and sleep fled from him.(A)
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Daniel 2:1
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Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
2 In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed such dreams that his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.(A)
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Esther 2:23
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23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, both men were hung on the pole. It was recorded in the book of the annals in the presence of the king.(A)
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Romans 11:33
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33 O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!(A)
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Isaiah 41:17
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17 When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them,
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.(A)
Esther 10:2
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2 All the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the high honor of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Media and Persia?(A)
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1 Samuel 23:26-27
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26 Saul went on one side of the mountain and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, while Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.(A) 27 Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.”
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Genesis 22:14
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14 So Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide,”[a] as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”[b]
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Malachi 3:16
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The Reward of the Faithful
16 Then those who revered the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who revered the Lord and thought on his name.(A)
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Esther 5:8
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8 If I have won the king’s favor, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and then I will do as the king has said.”(A)
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