Esther 1:22
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22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, (A)to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people.
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Esther 8:9
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9 (A)The king's scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to (B)the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces (C)from India to Ethiopia, (D)127 provinces, (E)to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.
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Esther 3:12
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12 (A)Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's (B)satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, (C)to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written (D)in the name of King Ahasuerus (E)and sealed with the king's signet ring.
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Ephesians 5:22-24
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Wives and Husbands
22 (A)Wives, (B)submit to your own husbands, (C)as to the Lord. 23 For (D)the husband is the head of the wife even as (E)Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is (F)himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit (G)in everything to their husbands.
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1 Timothy 2:12
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12 (A)I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
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Titus 2:4-5
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4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, (A)pure, (B)working at home, kind, and (C)submissive to their own husbands, (D)that the word of God may not be reviled.
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1 Corinthians 14:19-20
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19 Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
20 Brothers, (A)do not be children in your thinking. (B)Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be (C)mature.
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Acts 2:5-11
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5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 6 And (A)at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. 7 And (B)they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking (C)Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? 9 Parthians and (D)Medes and (E)Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and (F)proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”
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Daniel 4:1
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Nebuchadnezzar Praises God
4 [a] King Nebuchadnezzar to all (A)peoples, nations, and languages, (B)that dwell in all the earth: (C)Peace be multiplied to you!
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- Daniel 4:1 Ch 3:31 in Aramaic
Daniel 3:29
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29 Therefore (A)I make a decree: Any (B)people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of (C)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (D)shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.”
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