Verses with the word purposes in the Apocrypha (3 verses):
Judith 11:6
And if thou wilt follow the words of thine handmaid, God will bring the thing perfectly to pass by thee; and my lord shall not fail of his purposes.
Additions to Esther 12:2
And he heard their devices, and searched out their purposes, and learned that they were about to lay hands upon Artexerxes the king; and so he certified the king of them.
Additions to Esther 16:9
Both by changing our purposes, and always judging things that are evident with more equal proceeding.
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