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The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
