Esther 2:9
"And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women."
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- Genesis 39:21
"But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 16:7
"When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him."
Read in chapter → - Esther 2:3
"And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:"
Read in chapter → - Esther 2:12
"Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)"
Read in chapter → - Daniel 1:9
"Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs."
Read in chapter → - Ezra 7:6
"This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him."
Read in chapter → - Acts 7:10
"And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 106:46
"He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 8:50
"And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:"
Read in chapter → - Nehemiah 2:8
"And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me."
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