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Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
