Proverbs 22:11
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11 He who (A)loves purity of heart,
and whose (B)speech is gracious, (C)will have the king as his friend.
Proverbs 16:13
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13 (A)Righteous lips are the delight of a king,
and he loves him who speaks what is right.
Matthew 5:8
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8 “Blessed are (A)the pure in heart, for (B)they shall see God.
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Proverbs 14:35
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35 A servant who deals wisely has (A)the king's favor,
but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.
Psalm 101:6
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6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in (A)the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.
Psalm 45:2
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2 You are (A)the most handsome of the sons of men;
(B)grace is poured upon your lips;
therefore God has blessed you forever.
Luke 4:22
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22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at (A)the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, (B)“Is not this (C)Joseph's son?”
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Daniel 6:20-23
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20 As he came near to the den where Daniel was, he cried out in a tone of anguish. The king declared to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of (A)the living God, (B)has your God, whom you serve continually, (C)been able to deliver you from the lions?” 21 Then Daniel said to the king, (D)“O king, live forever! 22 My God (E)sent his angel (F)and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless (G)before him; (H)and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.” 23 Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and (I)no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
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Daniel 3:30
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30 Then the king promoted (A)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in (B)the province of Babylon.
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Daniel 2:46-49
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Daniel Is Promoted
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar (A)fell upon his face and (B)paid homage to Daniel, and commanded that (C)an offering and (D)incense be offered up to him. 47 The king answered and said to Daniel, “Truly, your (E)God is God of gods and (F)Lord of kings, and (G)a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.” 48 Then the king gave Daniel high honors and many great (H)gifts, and made him ruler over the whole (I)province of Babylon and (J)chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon. 49 Daniel made a request of the king, and he (K)appointed (L)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of (M)the province of Babylon. But Daniel (N)remained at the king's court.
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Esther 10:3
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3 For Mordecai the Jew was (A)second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he (B)sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.
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Ezra 7:6-11
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6 this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe (A)skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, (B)for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
7 And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and (C)some of the priests and (D)Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple (E)servants. 8 And Ezra[a] came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. 9 For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylonia, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, (F)for the good hand of his God was on him. 10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it (G)and to (H)teach his statutes and rules in Israel.
11 This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a man learned in matters of the commandments of the Lord and his statutes for Israel:
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- Ezra 7:8 Aramaic he
Genesis 41:39-57
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39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are. 40 (A)You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command.[a] Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.” 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, (B)I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” 42 Then Pharaoh (C)took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and (D)clothed him in garments of fine linen (E)and put a gold chain about his neck. 43 And he made him ride in his second chariot. (F)And they called out before him, “Bow the knee!”[b] Thus he set him (G)over all the land of Egypt. 44 Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and (H)without your consent no one shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he (I)entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt. 47 During the seven plentiful years the earth produced abundantly, 48 and he gathered up all the food of these seven years, which occurred in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities. He put in every city the food from the fields around it. 49 And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, (J)like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.
50 Before the year of famine came, (K)two sons were born to Joseph. Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore them to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.”[c] 52 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has (L)made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”[d]
53 The seven years of plenty that occurred in the land of Egypt came to an end, 54 and (M)the seven years of famine began to come, (N)as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”
56 So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses[e] and (O)sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. 57 Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe (P)over all the earth.
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- Genesis 41:40 Hebrew and according to your command all my people shall kiss the ground
- Genesis 41:43 Abrek, probably an Egyptian word, similar in sound to the Hebrew word meaning to kneel
- Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like the Hebrew for making to forget
- Genesis 41:52 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for making fruitful
- Genesis 41:56 Hebrew all that was in them
Nehemiah 2:4-6
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4 Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed (A)to the God of heaven. 5 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it.” 6 And the king said to me ((B)the queen sitting beside him), “How long will you be gone, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me (C)when I had given him a time.
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