take away (A)the wicked from the presence of the king,
    and his (B)throne will be established in righteousness.

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(A)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    (B)winnows all evil with his eyes.

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12 It is an abomination to kings to do evil,
    for (A)the throne is established by righteousness.

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28 (A)Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,
    and by steadfast love his (B)throne is upheld.

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No one who (A)practices deceit
    shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
    shall (B)continue before my eyes.

(C)Morning by morning I will destroy
    all the wicked in the land,
(D)cutting off all (E)the evildoers
    from (F)the city of the Lord.

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(A)then a throne will be established in steadfast love,
    and on it will sit in faithfulness
    in the tent of David
one who judges and seeks justice
    and is swift to do righteousness.”

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Of the increase of his government and of peace
    (A)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
    to establish it and to uphold it
(B)with justice and with righteousness
    from this time forth and forevermore.
(C)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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14 If a king (A)faithfully judges the poor,
    his throne will (B)be established forever.

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10 (A)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. (B)Then the wrath of the king abated.

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46 Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died.

(A)So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

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33 (A)So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forevermore.”

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11 saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city (A)to gather and defend their lives, (B)to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, (C)and to plunder their goods, 12 (D)on one day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. 13 (E)A copy of what was written was to be issued as a decree in every province, being publicly displayed to all peoples, and the Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies. 14 So the couriers, mounted on their (F)swift horses that were used in the king's service, rode out hurriedly, urged by the king's command. And the decree was issued in Susa the citadel.

15 Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king (G)in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown[a] and (H)a robe of fine linen and purple, (I)and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced. 16 The Jews had (J)light and gladness and joy and honor. 17 And in every province and in every city, wherever the king's command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and (K)a holiday. (L)And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, (M)for fear of the Jews had fallen on them.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:15 Or headdress

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