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Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
