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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.
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
