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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.
That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
