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Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
