Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'one' occurs 2658 times in the standard works.

1179 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'one' in the standard works and contain 44.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 463 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 7:13-89 (84 in 77 verses)

Josh. 12:9-24 (32 in 16 verses)

Ex. 26:2-21 (21 in 20 verses)

Ex. 36:9-26 (19 in 18 verses)

Ezek. 40:5-13 (13 in 9 verses)

Rom. 5:7-19 (13 in 13 verses)

Ezek. 48:31-34 (12 in 4 verses)

1 Cor. 12:11-20 (11 in 10 verses)

Num. 28:27-29:5 (10 in 10 verses)

Num. 29:2-11 (10 in 10 verses)

D&C 76:96-100 (9 in 5 verses)

Eph. 4:2-7 (9 in 6 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:34-42 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:36-44 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezek. 37:16-24 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Kgs. 6:24-27 (8 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 18:16-21 (7 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 1:6-12 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 5:28-31 (6 in 4 verses)

Num. 15:11-16 (6 in 6 verses)

2 Ne. 28:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 40:3-8 (6 in 6 verses)

1 Sam. 6:17 (5 in 1 verse)

D&C 35:1-2 (5 in 2 verses)

John 17:21-23 (5 in 3 verses)

Abr. 3:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:27-29 (5 in 3 verses)

Song. 6:6-9 (5 in 4 verses)

Abr. 3:16-19 (5 in 4 verses)

Num. 28:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Neh. 4:15-19 (5 in 5 verses)

Eccl. 4:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Cor. 14:23-27 (5 in 5 verses)

Gal. 5:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Ne. 22:24-28 (5 in 5 verses)

1 Chr. 24:5-6 (4 in 2 verses)

Ps. 89:18-19 (4 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:19-20 (4 in 2 verses)

Rom. 12:4-5 (4 in 2 verses)

Num. 36:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Mal. 2:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Mark 14:18-20 (4 in 3 verses)

Luke 17:34-36 (4 in 3 verses)

Rom. 15:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 15:39-41 (4 in 3 verses)

Gal. 5:26-6:2 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:39-41 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 29:7-9 (4 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 4:13-15 (4 in 3 verses)

Moro. 10:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 88:122-124 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 37:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 6:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 10:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 10:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 11:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Col. 3:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 9:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 11:27-30 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 29:23 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:31 (3 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 1:23 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 17:4 (3 in 1 verse)

Mark 9:5 (3 in 1 verse)

Luke 9:33 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 10:17 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Pet. 3:8 (3 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 13:41 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:8 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 11:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 6:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 3:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 7:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 13:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Amos 4:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

John 13:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 11:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 23:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 19:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 41:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 38:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 64:8-9 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 136:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 42:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 26:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 14:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 19:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 29:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 29:36-38 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 2:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 12:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 14:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 2:69-3:1 (3 in 3 verses)

Job 2:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 30:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 33:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 40:49-41:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 14:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 23:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

John 13:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 7:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 8:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Eph. 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 24:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 25:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

Hel. 9:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:30-7:2 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 42:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 93:49-51 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 102:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 124:64-66 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 128:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-M 1:44-46 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 19:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 17:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 35:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 8:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 24:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 6:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 16:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 17:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 25:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 23:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 20:41 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 2:13 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 4:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:31 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 7:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 53:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 105:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 2:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 10:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 30:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 49:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 60:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 66:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 6:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 8:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 23:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 32:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 34:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 45:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 46:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 10:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Hag. 2:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Mal. 2:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 6:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 13:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 25:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 16:13 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

John 10:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 2:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 12:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 4:6 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 14:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 3:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Eph. 4:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 1:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 2:2 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

James 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Pet. 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 4:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 6:1 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 19:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 13:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 20:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 23:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 3:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:31 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 53:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 55:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 57:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 6:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 3:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 15:17 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 15:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:3 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:9 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:21 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 18:36 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:5 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 26:19 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 28:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 15:15 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:65 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 49:16 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 52:33 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 124:140 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 1:11 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:8 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-H 1:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 41:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 42:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 48:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 9:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 29:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 30:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 37:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 5:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 14:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 17:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 17:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 11:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 18:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 30:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 40:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 41:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 9:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Song. 8:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 1:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 19:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 29:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 30:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 34:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 40:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 43:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 18:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 19:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 1:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 4:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 33:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hag. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 18:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 19:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 26:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 12:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 13:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 14:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 10:42-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 11:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 15:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

John 11:49-50 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 10:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 17:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 27:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 2:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 14:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 13:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

James 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Pet. 4:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 2:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 4:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Jn. 5:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 17:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 19:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 2:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 27:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Omni 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 10:22-11:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 46:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 2:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 4:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:81-82 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 46:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 67:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 78:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 104:61-62 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 133:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 3:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 1361 1945 3306
Gen. 71 118 189
Ex. 115 118 233
Lev. 48 104 152
Num. 193 75 268
Deut. 32 86 118
Josh. 46 68 114
Judg. 26 48 74
Ruth 5 6 11
1 Sam. 49 63 112
2 Sam. 46 62 108
1 Kgs. 62 107 169
2 Kgs. 36 92 128
1 Chr. 25 43 68
2 Chr. 35 64 99
Ezra 13 14 27
Neh. 31 19 50
Esth. 9 18 27
Job 34 75 109
Ps. 43 134 177
Prov. 15 40 55
Eccl. 25 24 49
Song. 13 9 22
Isa. 108 152 260
Jer. 68 140 208
Lam. 0 30 30
Ezek. 125 119 244
Dan. 26 37 63
Hosea 3 12 15
Joel 3 3 6
Amos 7 7 14
Obad. 2 3 5
Jonah 2 4 6
Micah 2 13 15
Nahum 2 5 7
Hab. 2 3 5
Zeph. 3 6 9
Hag. 6 4 10
Zech. 22 17 39
Mal. 8 3 11
NT 608 556 1164
BM 454 685 1139
DC 169 258 427
PGP 66 65 131
TOTAL 2658 3509 6167

Esth. 1:2
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

Esth. 1:7
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

Esth. 1:8
And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

Esth. 1:16
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Esth. 2:1
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Esth. 3:6
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

Esth. 3:13
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

Esth. 4:1
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

Esth. 4:2
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

Esth. 4:5
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

Esth. 4:7
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

Esth. 4:11
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

Esth. 5:1
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

Esth. 6:3
And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

Esth. 6:6
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

Esth. 6:9
And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Esth. 6:11
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Esth. 7:9
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

Esth. 8:11
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

Esth. 8:12
Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

Esth. 9:12
And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

Esth. 9:14
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

Esth. 9:19
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

Esth. 9:22
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.