What Does the Bible Say About Purim?

Esther 9:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

That these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, in every clan, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never fall into disuse among the Jews, nor should the commemoration of these days cease among their descendants.

Esther 9:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur (that is, cast lots), to crush and to destroy them.

1 Thessalonians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.

Colossians 2:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

John 8:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 4:23-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Mark 7:6-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ...

Matthew 15:7-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

Daniel 9:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. ...

Ezekiel 38:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. And I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords. Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; ...

Isaiah 66:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

From new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, declares the Lord.

Psalm 99:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!

Psalm 22:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.

1 Chronicles 16:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him! Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;

Leviticus 23:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts.

Exodus 22:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

Revelation 15:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

Revelation 13:1-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. ...

Revelation 12:1-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, ...

Revelation 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

1 John 2:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

1 John 2:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Ephesians 5:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

1 Corinthians 11:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Isaiah 6:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”

Psalm 99:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!

Psalm 86:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.

Leviticus 21:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

30 Bible Verses about Purim

Esther 9:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Esther 9:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 2:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 4:23-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 7:6-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 15:7-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Daniel 9:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 38:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 66:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 99:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 22:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 16:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 23:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 22:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 15:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Revelation 13:1-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Revelation 12:1-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Revelation 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 2:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Psalm 99:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Esther 9:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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1 Thessalonians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Mark 7:6-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Daniel 9:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 38:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 66:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 99:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 22:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 16:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 23:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 22:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 15:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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1 John 2:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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