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For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
