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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
