Esther 1:22
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22 Then he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, (A)to each province in its own script, and to every people in their own language, that each man should (B)be master in his own house, and speak in the language of his own people.
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Esther 8:9
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9 (A)So the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces (B)from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province (C)in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
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Esther 3:12
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12 (A)Then the king’s scribes were called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and a decree was written according to all that Haman commanded—to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province, to the officials of all people, to every province (B)according to its script, and to every people in their language. (C)In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written, and sealed with the king’s signet ring.
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Ephesians 5:22-24
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Marriage—Christ and the Church(A)
22 Wives, (B)submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For (C)the husband is head of the wife, as also (D)Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands (E)in everything.
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1 Timothy 2:12
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12 And (A)I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.
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Titus 2:4-5
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4 that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be discreet, chaste, (A)homemakers, good, (B)obedient to their own husbands, (C)that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
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1 Corinthians 14:19-20
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19 yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Tongues a Sign to Unbelievers
20 Brethren, (A)do not be children in understanding; however, in malice (B)be babes, but in understanding be mature.
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Acts 2:5-11
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The Crowd’s Response
5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, (A)devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6 And when this sound occurred, the (B)multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. 7 Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak (C)Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each in our own [a]language in which we were born? 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and (D)Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and [b]Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.”
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Luke 16:8
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8 So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than (A)the sons of light.
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Daniel 4:1
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Nebuchadnezzar’s Second Dream
4 Nebuchadnezzar the king,
(A)To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth:
Peace be multiplied to you.
Daniel 3:29
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29 (A)Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the (B)God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be (C)cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; (D)because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”
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