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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.
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
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.
Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
