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Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
