Proverbs 22:11
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11 (A)He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.
Proverbs 16:13
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13 (A)Righteous lips are the delight of kings,
And they love him who speaks what is right.
Matthew 5:8
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Proverbs 14:35
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35 (A)The king’s favor is toward a wise servant,
But his wrath is against him who causes shame.
Psalm 101:6
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6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [a]perfect way,
He shall serve me.
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- Psalm 101:6 blameless
Psalm 45:2
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2 You are fairer than the sons of men;
(A)Grace is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.
Luke 4:22
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22 So all bore witness to Him, and (A)marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, (B)“Is this not Joseph’s son?”
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Daniel 6:20-23
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20 And when he came to the den, he cried out with a [a]lamenting voice to Daniel. The king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, (A)has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
21 Then Daniel said to the king, (B)“O king, live forever! 22 (C)My God sent His angel and (D)shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.”
23 Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, (E)because he believed in his God.
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- Daniel 6:20 Or grieved
Daniel 3:30
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30 Then the king [a]promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon.
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- Daniel 3:30 Lit. caused to prosper
Daniel 2:46-49
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Daniel and His Friends Promoted
46 (A)Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering (B)and incense to him. 47 The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly (C)your God is the God of (D)gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.” 48 (E)Then the king promoted Daniel (F)and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and (G)chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon. 49 Also Daniel petitioned the king, (H)and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel (I)sat in [a]the gate of the king.
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- Daniel 2:49 The king’s court
Esther 10:3
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3 For Mordecai the Jew was (A)second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, (B)seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his [a]countrymen.
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- Esther 10:3 Lit. seed. LXX, Vg. add a dream of Mordecai here; Vg. adds six more chapters
Ezra 7:6-11
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6 this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was (A)a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, (B)according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him. 7 (C)Some of the children of Israel, the priests, (D)the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and (E)the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. 8 And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. 9 On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, (F)according to the good hand of his God upon him. 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to (G)seek[a] the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to (H)teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
The Letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra
11 This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest, the scribe, expert in the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of His statutes to Israel:
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- Ezra 7:10 Study
Genesis 41:39-57
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39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. 40 (A)You shall be [a]over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have (B)set you over all the land of Egypt.”
42 Then Pharaoh (C)took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he (D)clothed him in garments of fine linen (E)and put a gold chain around his neck. 43 And he had him ride in the second (F)chariot which he had; (G)and they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he set him (H)over all the land of Egypt. 44 Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name [b]Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife (I)Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he (J)stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth [c]abundantly. 48 So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; he laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them. 49 Joseph gathered very much grain, (K)as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.
50 (L)And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn [d]Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my (M)father’s house.” 52 And the name of the second he called [e]Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be (N)fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53 Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended, 54 (O)and the seven years of famine began to come, (P)as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; (Q)whatever he says to you, do.” 56 The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened [f]all the storehouses and (R)sold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt. 57 (S)So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to (T)buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.
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- Genesis 41:40 In charge of
- Genesis 41:45 Probably Egyptian for God Speaks and He Lives
- Genesis 41:47 Lit. by handfuls
- Genesis 41:51 Lit. Making Forgetful
- Genesis 41:52 Lit. Fruitfulness
- Genesis 41:56 Lit. all that was in them
Nehemiah 2:4-6
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4 Then the king said to me, “What do you request?”
So I (A)prayed 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, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.”
6 Then the king said to me (the queen also sitting beside him), “How long will your journey be? And when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him (B)a time.
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