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And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
