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Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
