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Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
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 thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
