Esther

`Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that <FI>is<Fi> not according to law, and when I have perished--I have perished.'

but if thou keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remaineth to the Jews from another place, and thou and the house of thy fathers are destroyed; and who knoweth whether for a time like this thou hast come to the kingdom?'

On that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he <FI>is<Fi> to her, — read the full passage →

and the king loveth Esther above all the women, and she receiveth grace and kindness before him above all the virgins, and he setteth a royal crown on her head, and causeth her to reign instead of Vashti,

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass on the third day, that Esther putteth on royalty, and standeth in the inner-court of the house of the king over-against the house of the king, and the king is sitting on his royal throne, in the royal-house, over-against the opening of the house, — read the full passage →

and he is supporting Hadassah--she <FI>is<Fi> Esther--daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman <FI>is<Fi> of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day. — read the full passage →

And in the twelfth month--it <FI>is<Fi> the month of Adar--on the thirteenth day of it, in which the word of the king, even his law, hath come to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to rule over them, and it is turned that the Jews rule over those hating them-- — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus--he <FI>is<Fi> Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces-- — read the full passage →

And Esther calleth to Hatach, of the eunuchs of the king, whom he hath stationed before her, and giveth him a charge for Mordecai, to know what this <FI>is<Fi> , and wherefore this <FI>is<Fi> . — read the full passage →

And Mordecai hath known all that hath been done, and Mordecai rendeth his garments, and putteth on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth forth into the midst of the city and crieth--a cry loud and bitter, — read the full passage →

On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king, — read the full passage →

and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: `Do not think in thy soul to be delivered <FI>in<Fi> the house of the king, more than all the Jews,

and the thing is known to Mordecai, and he declareth <FI>it<Fi> to Esther the queen, and Esther speaketh to the king in the name of Mordecai,

And in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther--daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter--to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her.

And in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther--daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter--to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her. — read the full passage →

Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare <FI>it<Fi> ;

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy.

After these things hath the king Ahasuerus exalted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and lifteth him up, and setteth his throne above all the heads who <FI>are<Fi> with him, — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,

for with the heart doth <FI>one<Fi> believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest--Thou comfortest me,

And Haman taketh the clothing, and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and causeth him to ride in a broad place of the city, and calleth before him, `Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.'

And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, `In what power, or in what name did ye do this?'

The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

`Many <FI>are<Fi> the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.' — read the full passage →

She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →