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For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle.
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
