In the first month, the month of Nisan (Mar-Apr), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Haman cast Pur, that is, the lot, cast before him day after day [to find a lucky day to approach the king], month after month, until the twelfth month, the month of Adar (Feb-Mar).

Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and wailed loudly and a bitterly.

Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend her, and commanded him to go to Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why it was.

Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.

When the king saw Queen Esther standing in the courtyard she found favor in his eyes, and the king held out the gold scepter that [was] in his hand to Esther, and Esther approached and touched the top of the scepter.

The king replied, "Find Haman quickly so that we can do as Esther requests." So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

Then King Ahasuerus responded to Queen Esther, "Who is this individual? Where is this person to be found who is presumptuous enough to act in this way?"

And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:

for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?'

The rest of the Jews who [were] in the king's provinces gathered and {defended their lives} and {found repose} from their enemies. And they killed seventy-five thousand of those that hated them, but they did not {touch} the plunder.

as the day that the Jews {found relief} from their enemies, and the month which changed for them from sorrow to joy, and from a mourning ceremony to a {festive day}; to make them days of feasting and joy, and giving gifts to each other and to the poor.

For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, [to find the right time] to disturb and destroy them.

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.

Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

There the wicked cease to make trouble,
and there the weary find rest.

Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

“But now adversity comes upon you, and you are impatient and intolerant;
It touches you, and you are horrified.

Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey; that's when the lion cubs are scattered.

Behold, he hath found unfaithfulness among his own servants, and proud disobedience among his angels.

Name me one else, if thou can find any: yea, look about thee upon any of the holy men.

And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall find nothing amiss.

To him that is ready to faint kindness'should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

Travelers from Tema search intently; caravans from Sheba hope to find them.

“They were put to shame and disappointed because they had trusted [that they would find water];
They came there and were ashamed.

I also, cannot restrain my mouth, - I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, in the bitterness of my soul.

"Indeed, please inquire of former generations, and consider {what their ancestors have found},

How should I then answer him? Or what words should I find out against him?

Since I will be found guilty,
why should I labor in vain?

"My inner self loathes my life; {I want to give vent to my complaint}; I want to speak out of [the] bitterness of my inner self.

Aren't my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

Wisdom is found with the elderly,
and understanding comes with long life.

But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God;

Lo! I pray you, I have set forth in order a plea, I know that, I, shall be found right.

Earth, do not cover my blood;
may my cry for help find no resting place.

“He who denounces and informs against his friends for a share of the spoil,
The eyes of his children will also languish and fail.

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

If you really intend to vaunt yourselves over me, and make my problems the basis of your case against me,

My breath is offensive to my wife,
and my own family finds me repulsive.

whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

"It will come about that, when he has filled himself to the full, God will vent his burning anger on him; he will pour it out on him and on his body.

Yet they said unto GOD, Depart from us, and, In the knowledge of thy ways, find we no pleasure.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

"If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;

When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him;
when He turns south, I cannot find Him.

For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree.

Look, these [are] the outer fringes of his ways, and {how faint is the word} [that] we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?"

"Therefore mine enemy shall be found as the ungodly; and he that taketh part against me, as the unrighteous.

Or, in Shaddai will he find delight? Will he call upon God at all times?

where stones are sapphire and gold dust can be found,

But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

The deepest ocean says, "It's not within me.' and the sea says, "You'll never find it with me.'

Destruction and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.'

My roots have spread out and have found water, and dew settles at night on my branches.

Night, boreth, my bones, all over me, - and, my sinews, find no rest;

Thou liftest up me to the wind, thou carriest me away, and the storm maketh me faint;

If I rejoice because great is my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Yea, when I had diligently pondered what ye said, I found not one of you that made any good argument against Job, or that directly could make answer unto his words,

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

I will speak, that I may find relief; I will open my lips and answer.

Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

Because he says, "There's no profit for a man to find joy with God.'"

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark.

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

His young ones feast on blood; he'll be found wherever there's a carcass."

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who disputes with God answer it.”

Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down?

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint, frail);
Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed and anguished.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Keep and protect me, O God, for in You I have placed my trust and found refuge.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness;
I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.

May He remember all your meal offerings
And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah.

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.

Yahweh, is my strength and my shield, In him, hath trusted my heart, and I have found help, - Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, and, with my song, do I praise him.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

For yet a little while and the wicked one will be gone [forever];
Though you look carefully where he used to be, he will not be [found].

Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor allow him to be found guilty when he is judged.

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

O my God, my soul is in despair within me [the burden more than I can bear];
Therefore I will [fervently] remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of [Mount] Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

wouldn’t God have found this out,
since He knows the secrets of the heart?

{To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song.} God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.

“Gather My godly ones to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”