Proverbs 26:1
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Proverbs 19:10
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10 (A)It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
much less for (B)a slave to rule over princes.
Proverbs 28:16
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16 A ruler who (A)lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor,
but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
Psalm 12:8
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8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
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5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were (A)an error proceeding from the ruler: 6 (B)folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place. 7 (C)I have seen slaves (D)on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.
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Proverbs 26:8
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8 Like one who binds the stone in the sling
is (A)one who gives honor to a fool.
Proverbs 17:7
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Psalm 52:1
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The Steadfast Love of God Endures
To the choirmaster. A Maskil[a] of David, when (A)Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
Footnotes
- Psalm 52:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 15:4
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4 (A)in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who (B)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
Esther 4:9
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9 And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said.
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Esther 4:6
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6 Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate,
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Esther 3
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Haman Plots Against the Jews
3 After these things King Ahasuerus (A)promoted Haman (B)the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, (C)and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him. 2 And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. (D)But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage. 3 Then the king's servants who were (E)at the king's gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress (F)the king's command?” 4 And when they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mordecai's words would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that (G)Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was (H)filled with fury. 6 But he disdained[a] to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy[b] all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.
7 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, (I)they cast Pur (that is, they cast lots) before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is (J)the month of Adar. 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. (K)Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them. 9 If it please the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay 10,000 talents[c] of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king's business, that they may put it into the king's treasuries.” 10 (L)So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman (M)the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, (N)the enemy of the Jews. 11 And the king said to Haman, “The money is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.”
12 (O)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 (P)satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, (Q)to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written (R)in the name of King Ahasuerus (S)and sealed with the king's signet ring. 13 Letters were sent (T)by couriers to all the king's provinces with instruction (U)to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, (V)in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, (W)and to plunder their goods. 14 (X)A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day. 15 (Y)The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, (Z)but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.
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- Esther 3:6 Hebrew disdained in his eyes
- Esther 3:6 Or annihilate
- Esther 3:9 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
1 Samuel 12:17-18
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17 (A)Is it not wheat harvest today? (B)I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that (C)your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king.” 18 So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, (D)and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
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Judges 9:56-57
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56 (A)Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers. 57 And God also made all the evil of the men of Shechem return on their heads, and upon them came (B)the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
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Judges 9:20
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20 But if not, (A)let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech.”
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Judges 9:7
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7 When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of (A)Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
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Proverbs 26:3
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