Bible Cross References
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Exodus 1:10
In case of war they might join our enemies in order to fight against us, and might escape from the country. We must find some way to keep them from becoming even more numerous."
Esther 3:6-9
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and when he learned that Mordecai was a Jew, he decided to do more than punish Mordecai alone. He made plans to kill every Jew in the whole Persian Empire.
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In the twelfth year of King Xerxes' rule, in the first month, the month of Nisan, Haman ordered the lots to be cast ("purim," they were called) to find out the right day and month to carry out his plot. The thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, was decided on.
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So Haman told the king, "There is a certain race of people scattered all over your empire and found in every province. They observe customs that are not like those of any other people. Moreover, they do not obey the laws of the empire, so it is not in your best interests to tolerate them.
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If it please Your Majesty, issue a decree that they are to be put to death. If you do, I guarantee that I will be able to put 375 tons of silver into the royal treasury for the administration of the empire."
Proverbs 1:12
They may be alive and well when we find them, but they'll be dead when we're through with them!
Jeremiah 11:19
I was like a trusting lamb taken out to be killed, and I did not know that it was against me that they were planning evil things. They were saying, "Let's chop down the tree while it is still healthy; let's kill him so that no one will remember him any more."
Jeremiah 31:36
He promises that as long as the natural order lasts, so long will Israel be a nation.
Daniel 7:25
He will speak against the Supreme God and oppress God's people. He will try to change their religious laws and festivals, and God's people will be under his power for three and a half years.
Matthew 27:62-66
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The next day, which was a Sabbath, the chief priests and the Pharisees met with Pilate
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and said, "Sir, we remember that while that liar was still alive he said, 'I will be raised to life three days later.'
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Give orders, then, for his tomb to be carefully guarded until the third day, so that his disciples will not be able to go and steal the body, and then tell the people that he was raised from death. This last lie would be even worse than the first one."
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"Take a guard," Pilate told them; "go and make the tomb as secure as you can."
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So they left and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and leaving the guard on watch.
Acts 4:17
But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn these men never again to speak to anyone in the name of Jesus."
Acts 9:1
In the meantime Saul kept up his violent threats of murder against the followers of the Lord. He went to the High Priest
Acts 9:2
and asked for letters of introduction to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he should find there any followers of the Way of the Lord, he would be able to arrest them, both men and women, and bring them back to Jerusalem.