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And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
