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And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
