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Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
