Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'no' occurs 2074 times in the standard works.

652 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'no' in the standard works and contain 31.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 265 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 2:5-23 (21 in 19 verses)

Mosiah 16:5-9 (7 in 5 verses)

Rev. 18:21-23 (6 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:25 (5 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 34:35-39 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 42:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

Rom. 11:6 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 11:7 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:37 (4 in 1 verse)

Num. 27:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 7:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 14:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 30:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 6:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 3:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Cor. 7:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 4:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

4 Ne. 1:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 8:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 5:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 5:28-31 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 50:2 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 59:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Hosea 8:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

John 8:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Gal. 2:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:60-61 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 9:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 53:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 23:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 43:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 60:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 12:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 22:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 1:45-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 4:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 12:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 28:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 11:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Titus 2:15-3:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 22:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 23:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 36:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 23:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 38:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:68 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 38:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 142:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 144:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 23:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 47:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 53:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 7:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 17:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 42:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 13:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 25:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:32 (2 in 1 verse)

John 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 4:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 12:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 6:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:75 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:19 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:50 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:18 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 36:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 26:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 32:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 88:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 105:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 40:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 54:17-55:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 62:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 29:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 4:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 21:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 923 8936 9859
Gen. 26 483 509
Ex. 43 413 456
Lev. 43 306 349
Num. 44 268 312
Deut. 49 495 544
Josh. 11 206 217
Judg. 25 272 297
Ruth 0 48 48
1 Sam. 39 405 444
2 Sam. 18 290 308
1 Kgs. 31 299 330
2 Kgs. 22 322 344
1 Chr. 10 153 163
2 Chr. 23 288 311
Ezra 3 75 78
Neh. 8 140 148
Esth. 5 73 78
Job 54 462 516
Ps. 57 663 720
Prov. 33 337 370
Eccl. 28 145 173
Song. 3 35 38
Isa. 94 699 793
Jer. 101 788 889
Lam. 12 52 64
Ezek. 61 498 559
Dan. 18 218 236
Hosea 14 111 125
Joel 3 21 24
Amos 7 80 87
Obad. 0 11 11
Jonah 0 22 22
Micah 5 52 57
Nahum 7 19 26
Hab. 4 22 26
Zeph. 4 29 33
Hag. 1 21 22
Zech. 16 78 94
Mal. 1 37 38
NT 470 3896 4366
BM 473 5104 5577
DC 179 1963 2142
PGP 29 429 458
TOTAL 2074 20328 22402

Esth. 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

Esth. 1:3
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

Esth. 1:4
When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.

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. 1:15
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

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. 1:17
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

Esth. 1:19
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

Esth. 1:20
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

Esth. 2:5
Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

Esth. 2:7
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

Esth. 2:10
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

Esth. 2:11
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

Esth. 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;)

Esth. 2:15
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

Esth. 2:20
Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

Esth. 2:22
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.

Esth. 3:2
And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

Esth. 3:4
Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

Esth. 3:5
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

Esth. 3:8
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

Esth. 3:12
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

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

Esth. 4:4
So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.

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. 4:11
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. 4:13
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

Esth. 4:14
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Esth. 4:16
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye 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.

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. 5:9
Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

Esth. 5:13
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

Esth. 6:1
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

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. 6:4
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared 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. 6:7
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

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. 6:10
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

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. 6:13
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

Esth. 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

Esth. 8:16
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

Esth. 9:1
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

Esth. 9:10
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

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. 9:15
For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

Esth. 9:16
But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

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.

Esth. 9:27
The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

Esth. 9:28
And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

Esth. 10:2
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?