Esther Cross References - MSTC

¹ It fortuned in the days of Ahasuerus - which reigned from India unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty lands - ² even in those days when the king Ahasuerus sat on his seat royal which was in Susa, the chief city, ³ in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and servants. And the mighty men of Persia and Media, the captains also, and rulers of his countries, were before him; ⁴ and he showed the riches and glory of his kingdom, and the glorious worship of his greatness, many days long, even a hundred and fourscore days. ⁵ And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were in the castle of Susa, both unto great and small, seven days long in the court of the garden by the king's palace: ⁶ where there hanged white, red and yellow cloths, fastened with cords of linen and scarlet in silver rings, upon pillars of Marble stone. The benches were of gold and silver made upon a pavement of green, white, yellow and black Marble. ⁷ And the drink was carried in vessels of gold, and there was ever change of vessel. And the king's wine was much according to the power of the king. ⁸ And no man was appointed what he should drink: for the king had commanded all the officers of his house, that everyone should do as it liked him. ⁹ And the queen Vashti made a feast also for the women in the palace of Ahasuerus. ¹⁰ And on the seventh day, when the king was merry of the wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas - the seven chamberlains that did service in the presence of king Ahasuerus - ¹¹ to fetch the queen Vashti with the crown regal, that he might show the people and princes her fairness: for she was beautiful. ¹² But the queen Vashti would not come at the king's word by his chamberlains. Then was the king very wroth, and his indignation kindled in him. ¹³ And the king spake to the wise men that had understanding in the ordinances of the land - for the king's matters must be handled before all such as have knowledge of the law and judgment, ¹⁴ and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of the Persians and Medes, which saw the king's face, and sat above in the kingdom. ¹⁵ "What law," sayeth the king, "should be executed upon the queen Vashti, because she did not according to the word of the king by his chamberlains?" ¹⁶ Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, "The queen Vashti hath not only done evil against the king but also against all the princes and all the people in all the lands of king Ahasuerus: ¹⁷ for this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands before their eyes, and shall say, 'The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to come before him, but she would not.' ¹⁸ And so shall the princesses in Persia and Media say likewise unto all the king's princes, when they hear of this deed of the queen, thus shall there arise dispitefulness and wrath enough. ¹⁹ If it please the king, let there go a commandment from him, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and Medians - and not to be transgressed - that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus, and let the king give the kingdom unto another that is better than she. ²⁰ And when this commandment of the king, which shall be made, is published throughout all his empire - which is great - all women shall hold their husbands in honor; both among great and small." ²¹ This pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan. ²² Then were there letters sent forth into all the king's lands, into every land according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should be lord in his own house. And this caused he to be spoken after the language of his people.

¹⁶ And unto the woman he said, "I will surely increase thy sorrow and make thee oft with child, and with pain shalt thou be delivered: And thy lusts shall pertain unto thy husband and he shall rule thee."

²⁰ And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

³⁷ And the saying pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.

³⁴ And they brought rewards unto them from before him: but Benjamin's part was five times so much as any of theirs. And they ate and they drank, and were drunk with him.

¹ And thou shalt make a habitation with ten curtains of twined bysse, jacinth, scarlet and purple, and shalt make them with cherubims of broidered work.

³¹ And thou shalt make a veil of jacinth, of scarlet, purple and twined bysse, and shalt make it of broidered work and full of cherubims. ³² And hang it upon four pillars of sethim-wood covered with gold and that their knops be covered with gold also, and stand upon four sockets of silver.

³⁶ And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tabernacle: of jacinth, of scarlet, of purple and of twined bysse, wrought with needle work. ³⁷ And thou shalt make for the hanging, five pillars of sethim-wood, and cover both them and their knops with gold, and shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

¹⁹ And as soon as he came nigh unto the host and saw the calf and the dancing, his wrath waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hand, and brake them even at the hill foot.

²² And Aaron said, "Let not the wrath of my lord wax fierce, thou knowest the people that they are even set on mischief.

¹³ And all the people shall hear and shall fear, and shall do no more presumptuously.

²¹ Then let all the men of that city stone him with stones unto death. And so thou shalt put evil away from thee, and all Israel shall hear and fear.

²⁰ "And so the LORD will not be merciful unto him, but then the wrath of the LORD and his jealousy, smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book light upon him, and the LORD do out his name from under heaven,

²⁹ The wisest of her ladies answered her: yea and she answered her own words herself,

²⁵ And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Send for Samson and let him play before us." And they fetched Samson out of the prison house, and he played before them, and they set him between the pillars.

²⁸ Then Samuel said, "The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine that is better than thou.

³ The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigail: and she was a woman of good wisdom and beautiful. But the man was churlish and of shrewd conditions and was a Calebite.

³⁶ And when Abigail came to Nabal, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, and he was drunk a good. Wherefore she told him nought, neither little nor more, until the morrow day. ³⁷ But in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these words, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone,

¹⁶ And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window and saw King David spring and dance before the LORD, and therefore despised him in her heart.

¹ And in process, as the king dwelt in his house after that the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies,

²⁸ Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods."

²⁵ Moreover, in all Israel there was not so goodly a man as Absalom, or so greatly praised — from the sole of his foot to the top of his head there was no blemish in him.

⁴⁶ And thereto Solomon sitteth on the seat of the kingdom.

¹⁵ When Solomon awoke, this was his dream. And he came to Jerusalem and presented himself before the Ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged and feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

²¹ And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of pure gold. And as for silver, it was nothing worth in the days of Solomon.

³ And he had seven hundred very Queens and three hundred concubines which turned always his heart.

¹⁹ And out of the city he took a certain chamberlain that had the oversight of the men of war, and five men that were ever in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and Sophar the captain of the host that taught the people of the land to make war, and three score men of the people of the land that were found in the city also.

³² And of the children of Issachar which were men that had understanding in the right time to know what Israel ought to do: The heads of them were two hundred, and all their brethren at their will.

¹¹ Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, power and glory, victory and praise: for all that is in heaven and in earth is thine, and thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art lifted up a head above all. ¹² And riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all, and in thine hand is power and strength, and in thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all.

²⁵ And the LORD magnified Solomon on high, in the sight of all Israel, and gave him so glorious a kingdom as none of all that were kings before in Israel had.

⁸ And Solomon kept a feast the same season of seven days, and all Israel with him, an exceeding great congregation, even from Hamath unto the river of Egypt. ⁹ And the eighth day they made a gathering. For they kept the hallowing of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

²⁰ And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon, were pure gold. And as for silver, it was counted nothing worth in the days of Solomon.

²¹ And so the children of Israel that were found at Jerusalem, held the feast of sweet bread seven days with great gladness, and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day with loud instruments. ²² And Hezekiah spake heartily unto the Levites that had good understanding of the LORD. And they did eat that feast seven days long and offered peace offerings and thanked the LORD God of their fathers. ²³ And the whole assembly took counsel to keep seven days more: and they held those seven days with gladness. ²⁴ For Hezekiah king of Judah gave for heave offerings to the congregation a thousand oxen and seven thousand sheep. And the lords gave to the congregation for heave offerings a thousand oxen and ten thousand sheep. And the priests sanctified themselves, that they were enough. ²⁵ And all the congregation of Judah with the priests and Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel and the strangers, both that came out of the land of Israel and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced:

² "Thus sayeth Cyrus the king of Persia: 'The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the land and hath commanded me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.

⁶ But when Ahasuerus was king, even in the beginning of his reign, they wrote unto him a complaint against the inhabiters of Judah and Jerusalem.

¹⁴ and therefore art thou sent of the king and of the seven lords of the counsel, to visit Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of God, which is in thy hand;

¹ The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. It fortuned in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, that I was in the castle at Susa:

¹⁴ and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of the Persians and Medes, which saw the king's face, and sat above in the kingdom.

¹⁹ If it please the king, let there go a commandment from him, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and Medians - and not to be transgressed - that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus, and let the king give the kingdom unto another that is better than she.

²¹ This pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

³ and let the king appoint overseers in all the lands of his empire, that they may bring together all fair young virgins unto Susa the head city, to the women's building, under the hand of Hegei the king's chamberlain that keepeth the women; and let him give them their apparel. ⁴ And look which damsel pleaseth the king, let her be queen in Vashti's stead." This pleased the king, and he did so.

¹⁷ And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she found grace and mercy in his sight before all the virgins: and he set the queens crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. ¹⁸ And the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants - which feast was because of Esther - and let the lands be in quietness, and gave royal gifts.

⁹ If it please the king, let him write that they may be destroyed, and so will I weigh down ten thousand talents of silver, under the hands of the workmen, to be brought into the king's chamber."

¹² Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written, according as Haman commanded, unto the king's princes, and to the captains everywhere in the lands, and to the rulers of every people in the countries on every side, according to the writing of every nation, and after their language in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed with the king's ring.

¹⁵ And the posts went in all the haste according to the king's commandment. And in the castle of Susa was the commandment devised. And the king and Haman sat and drank. But the city Susa was disquieted.

¹⁶ 'Go thou thy way then, and gather together all the Jews that are found at Susa, and fast ye for me, that ye eat not and drink not in three days, neither day nor night. I and my damsels will fast likewise, and so will I go in to the king contrary to the commandment: if I perish, I perish.'"

⁴ Esther said, "If it please the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared."

⁸ if I have found grace in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to give me my petition, and to fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and so will I do tomorrow as the king hath said."

⁶ And when Haman came in, the king said unto him, "What shall be done unto the man, whom the king would fain bring unto worship?" But Haman thought in his heart, "Whom desireth the king to bring unto worship, more than me?"

⁸ that he may be arrayed with the royal garments which the king useth to wear: and the horse that the king rideth upon, and that the crown royal may be set upon his head.

⁷ And the king arose from the banquet and from the wine in his displeasure and went in to the palace garden. And Haman stood up, and besought queen Esther for his life: for he saw that there was a mischeif prepared for him of the king already. ⁸ And when the king came again out of the palace garden into the parlor where they had eaten, Haman had laid him upon the bed that Esther sat upon. Then said the king, "Will he force the queen also? Beside me, in the house?" As soon as that word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

⁸ And when the king came again out of the palace garden into the parlor where they had eaten, Haman had laid him upon the bed that Esther sat upon. Then said the king, "Will he force the queen also? Beside me, in the house?" As soon as that word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. ⁹ And Harbona, one of the chamberlains that stood before the king, said, "Behold, there standeth a gallows in Haman's house fifty cubits high, which he had made for Mordecai, that spake good for the king." The king said, "Hang him thereon."

⁵ and said, "If it please the king, and if I have found grace in his sight, and if it be convenient for the king, and if it be accepted in his sight, then let it be written, that the letters of the device of Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, may be called again: which letters he wrote, to destroy the Jews in all the king's lands.

⁸ Write ye now therefore for the Jews, as it liketh you in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring." For the writings that were written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, durst no man disannul. ⁹ Then were the king's scribes called at the same time in the third month, that is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day. And it was written, as Mordecai commanded, unto the Jews and to the princes, to the deputies and captains in the lands from India until Ethiopia, namely a hundred and seven and twenty lands, unto every one according to the writing thereof, unto every people after their speech, and to the Jews according to their writing and language.

¹⁵ As for Mordecai, he went out from the king in royal apparel of yellow and white, and with a great crown of gold, being arrayed with a garment of linen and purple, and the city of Susa rejoiced and was glad:

¹² And the king said unto queen Esther, "The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men at the castle of Susa, and the ten sons of Haman: What shall they do in the other lands of the king? What is thy petition, that it may be given thee? And what requirest thou more to be done?" ¹³ Esther said, "If it please the king, let him suffer the Jews tomorrow also to do according unto this day's commandment, that they may hang Haman's ten sons upon the tree." ¹⁴ And the king charged to do so, and the commandment was devised at Susa, and Haman's ten sons were hanged. ¹⁵ And the Jews gathered themselves together at Susa, upon the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Susa, but on their goods they laid no hands.

³⁰ and sent the letters unto all the Jews, in the hundred and seven and twenty lands of the empire of Ahasuerus, with friendly and faithful words,

¹⁰ Then arm thyself with thine own power! Up, deck thee in thy jolly array,

⁵ His honour is great in thy salvation; glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him.

³ Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou Most Mighty, according to thy worship and renown.

¹ {An Instruction of Asaph} O God, wherefore doest thou cast us so clean away? Why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture?

¹ {To the Chanter, in Neginoth, a Psalm and song of Asaph} In Jewry is God known; his name is great in Israel. ² At Salem is his tabernacle, and his dwelling in Zion. ³ There breaketh he the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the whole battle. Selah. ⁴ Thou art of more honour and might than the hills of the robbers.

⁵ LORD, how long wilt thou be angry? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire forever?

¹ The LORD is king, and hath put on glorious apparel; the LORD hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength: he hath made the round world so sure, that it cannot be moved.

⁵ As for me, I will be talking of thy worship, thy glory, thy praise, and wondrous works;

¹² that thy power, thy glory and mightiness of thy kingdom, might be known unto men. ¹³ Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages.

⁹ A man deviseth a way in his heart; but it is the LORD that ordereth his goings.

¹² The king's disfavor is like the roaring of a Lion, but his friendship is like the dew upon the grass.

¹ Wine is a voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes sedition; whoso delighteth therein, shall never be wise. ² The king ought to be feared as the roaring of a lion; whoso provoketh him unto anger, offendeth against his own soul.

²⁹ Where is woe? Where is sorrow? Where is strife? Where is brawling? Where are wounds without cause? Where be red eyes? ³⁰ Even among those that be ever at the wine, and seek excess. ³¹ Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass. ³² It goeth down softly; but at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder. ³³ So shall thine eyes look unto strange women, and thine heart shall muse upon froward things.

³⁰ Favour is a deceitful thing, and beauty is vanity; but a woman that feareth God, she shall be praised.

² It is better to go into a house of mourning, than into a banquet house: For there is the end of all men, and he that is living taketh it to heart. ³ It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful. ⁴ The heart of the wise is in the mourning house; but the heart of the foolish is in the house of mirth.

¹⁹ Meat maketh men to laugh, and wine maketh them merry; but unto money are all things obedient.

¹ Woe be unto the land under the shadow of wings, which is beyond the waters of Ethiopia:

² Whoso may deceive, said the voice, let him deceive: Who so may destroy, let him destroy. Up Elam, besiege it O Media, for I will still all their groanings.

⁹ For there came a rumor, that Tirhakah king of Ethiopia was come forth to war against him. And when the king of Assyria heard that, he sent other messengers to king Hezekiah with this commandment:

² And Hezekiah was glad thereof, and showed them the commodities of his treasure, of silver, of gold, of spices and roots, of precious oils, and all that was in his cupboards and treasure houses. There was not one thing in Hezekiah's house, and so throughout all his kingdom, but he let them see it.

⁷ Who would not fear thee? Or what King of the Gentiles would not obey thee? For among all the wise men of the Gentiles, and in all their kingdoms, there is none that may be likened unto thee.

⁸ Thus have we obeyed the commandment of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father, in all that he hath charged us, and so we drink no wine all our life long: we, nor our wives, our sons, and our daughters.

⁷ "Babylon hath been in the LORD's hand a golden cup, that maketh all lands drunken. Of her wine have all people drunken, therefore are they out of their wits.

¹¹ Make sharp the arrows, and fill the quivers: for the LORD shall raise up the spirit of the king of the Medes, which hath already a desire to destroy Babylon. This shall be the vengeance of the LORD's, and the vengeance of his temple.

⁴¹ Thou sattest upon a goodly bed, and a table spread before thee: whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

⁵ With thy great wisdom and occupying, hast thou increased thy power, and because of thy great riches, thy heart is proud.

³ And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the chief chamberlain, that he should bring him certain of the children of Israel, that were come of the king's seed and of princes, ⁴ young springaldes without any blemish, but fair and well favored, instructed in all wisdom, cunning and understanding: which were able to stand in the king's palace, to read and to learn for to speak Chaldeish. ⁵ Unto these, the king appointed a certain portion of his own meat, and of the wine which he drank himself, so to nourish them three years: that afterward they might stand before the king.

¹⁸ Now when the time was expired, that the king had appointed to bring in these young springaldes unto him: the chief chamberlain brought them before Nebuchadnezzar, ¹⁹ and the king communed with them. But among them all were found none such as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

² Then the king commanded to call together all the soothsayers, charmers, witches and Chaldeans, for to show the king his dream. So they came, and stood before the king.

¹² For the which cause the king was wroth with great indignation, and commanded to destroy all the wise men at Babylon:

²⁷ Daniel answered the king to his face, and said, "As for this secret, for the which the king maketh inquisition: it is neither the wise, the sorcerer, the charmer nor the devil conjurer, that can certify the king of it:

³⁷ O king, thou art a king of kings: For the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, riches, strength, and majesty: ³⁸ And hath delivered thee all things that are among the children of men: the beasts of the field, and the fowls under the heaven, and given thee dominion over them all. Thou art that golden head. ³⁹ After thee there shall arise another kingdom, which shall be less than thine. The third kingdom shall be like copper, and have domination in all lands. ⁴⁰ The fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron. For like as iron bruiseth and breaketh all things: Yea even as iron beateth everything down, so shall it beat down and destroy. ⁴¹ Whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of earth and part of iron: that is a divided kingdom, which nevertheless shall have some of the iron ground mixed with it, forsomuch as thou hast seen the iron mixed with the clay. ⁴² The toes of the feet that were part of iron and part of clay, signifieth: that it shall be a kingdom partly strong and partly broken. ⁴³ And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with clay: they shall mingle themselves with the seed of simple people: and yet not continue one with another, like as iron will not be soldered with a potsherd. ⁴⁴ In the days of these kings, shall the God of heaven set up an everlasting kingdom, which shall not perish, and his kingdom shall not be given over to another people. Yea, the same shall break and destroy all these kingdoms, but it shall endure forever.

² and sent out to gather together the dukes, lords and nobles, the judges and officers, the deputies and sheriffs, with all the rulers of the land: that they might come to the dedication of the Image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ³ So the dukes, lords and nobles, the judges and officers, deputies and sheriffs, with all the rulers of the land gathered them together, and came unto the dedicating of the Image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Now when they stood before the Image, which Nebuchadnezzar had set up,

¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in a cruel wrath and displeasure, commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego should be brought unto him. So these men were brought before the king.

¹⁹ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of indignation, so that the countenance of his face changed upon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Therefore he charged and commanded, that the oven should be made seven times hotter, than it was wont to be:

²⁹ Therefore I will and command, that all people, kindreds and tongues, which speak any blasphemy against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall die and their houses shall be prised: Because, there is no God that may save, as this."

¹ Nebuchadnezzar, king, unto all people, kindreds and tongues that dwell upon the whole earth: peace be multiplied among you.

⁴ I, Nebuchadnezzar, being at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace,

⁶ Then sent I out a commission, that all they which were of wisdom at Babylon should be brought before me, to tell me the interpretation of the dream. ⁷ So there came the soothsayers, charmers, Chaldeans and conjurers of devils: to whom I told the dream. But what it betokened, they could not show me:

³⁰ and said, "This is the great city of Babylon, which I myself, with my power and strength, have made a king's court, for the honour of my majesty."

³⁶ At the same time was mine understanding given me again, and I was restored to the honour of my kingdom, to my dignity, and to my own shape again. My great estates and princes sought unto me, and I was set in my kingdom again, so that I had yet greater worship.

¹ King Belshazzar made a great banquet to his thousand lords: with all these thousand he made great cheer, ² and when he was drunken with wine, he commanded to bring him the golden and silver vessels, which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple at Jerusalem: that the king and his lords with his queen and concubines might drink thereout. ³ So they brought the golden vessel, that was taken out of the temple of the LORD's house at Jerusalem. Then the king and his lords with his queen and concubines drunk out of them. ⁴ They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.

⁷ Wherefore the king cried mightily, that they should bring him the charmers, Chaldeans, and the conjurers of devils. The king spake also to the wise men of Babylon, and said, "Whoso can read this writing, and show me the plain meaning thereof: shall be clothed with purple, have a chain of gold about his neck, and rule the third part of my kingdom."

¹⁸ O king, God the highest gave unto Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, the dignity of a king, with worship and honor:

²⁸ Phares, thy kingdom is dealt in parts, and given to the Medes and Persians."

¹ It pleased Darius to set over his kingdom a hundred and twenty lords, which should be in all his kingdom about.

⁶ Upon this, went the princes and lords together unto the king, and said thus unto him, "King Darius, God save thy life forever. ⁷ All the great estates of the realm - as the princes, dukes, senators and judges - are determined to put out a commandment of the king, and to make a sure statute. Namely, that whoso desireth any petition, either of any god or man within this thirty days, except it be only of thee, O king: the same person may be cast into the lions' den. ⁸ Wherefore, O king, confirm thou this statute, and make a writing: that the thing which the Medes and Persians have ordained be not altered nor broken." ⁹ So Darius made the writing, and confirmed it. ¹⁰ Now when Daniel understood that the writing was made, he went into his house: and the windows of his hall toward Jerusalem stood open. There kneeled he down upon his knees, three times a day: there he made his petition, and praised his God, like as his manner was to do afore time. ¹¹ Then these men made search, and found Daniel making his petition and praying unto his God. ¹² So they came to the king, and spake before him concerning his commandment, saying, "O king, hast thou not subscribed the statute, that within thirty days whoso requireth his petition of any god or man, but only of thyself, O king, he shall be cast into the den of the lions?" The king answered, and said, "It is true. It must be as a law of the Medes and Persians, that may not be broken." ¹³ Then answered they, and said unto the king, "Daniel one of the prisoners of Judah, O king, regardeth neither thee nor thy statute that thou hast made, but maketh his petition three times a day." ¹⁴ When the king heard these words, he was sore grieved, and would have excused Daniel, to deliver him, and put off the matter until the sun went down, to the intent that he might save him. ¹⁵ These men, perceiving the king's mind, said unto him, "Know this, O king: that the law of the Medes and Persians is, that the commandment and statute which the king maketh, may not be altered."

¹⁷ And there was brought a stone, and laid upon the hole of the den: this the king sealed with his own ring, and with the signet of his princes: that the king's commandment concerning Daniel, should not be broken.

⁹ "I looked till the seats were prepared, and till the Ancient of Days sat him down. His clothing was white as snow, and the hairs of his head like the pure wool. His throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as the burning fire. ¹⁰ There drew forth a fiery stream, and went out from him. A thousand times a thousand served him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The judgment was set, and the books opened. ¹¹ Then took I heed there unto, because of the voice of the proud words, which the horn spake. I beheld, till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given over to be burnt in the fire. ¹² As for the power of the other beasts also, it was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a time and season. ¹³ I saw in a vision by night, and behold, there came one in the clouds of heaven like the Son of Man - which went unto the Ancient of Days, before whom they brought him. ¹⁴ Then gave he him power and dignity regal, that all people, tribes and tongues should serve him. His power is an everlasting power, which shall never be put down: and his kingdom endureth uncorrupt.

² I saw in a vision, and when I saw it, I was at Susa in the chief city, which lieth in the land of Elam, and in the vision me thought I was by the river of Ulai.

²⁰ The ram which thou sawest with the two horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians:

¹ In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, which was of the seed of the Medes, and was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans:

⁸ they lie beside every altar upon clothes taken to pledge, and in the house of their gods they drink the wine of the oppressed.

⁴ Ye that lie upon beds of ivory, and use your wantonness upon your couches; ye that eat the best lambs of the flock, and the fattest calves of the drove;

⁶ Who may endure before his wrath? Or who is able to abide his grim displeasure? His anger taketh on like fire, and the hard rocks burst in sunder before him.

¹⁵ Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, to get him wrathful displeasure for his drunkenness: that he may see his privities. ¹⁶ Therefore with shame shalt thou be filled, instead of honour. Drink thou also, till thou slumber withal: for the cup of the LORD's righthand shall compass thee about, and shameful spewing instead of thy worship.

¹ When Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Jewry in the time of Herod the king, Behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem,

⁸ The devil took him up again and led him into an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and all the glory of them;

¹³ Lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil, For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory for ever. Amen.

³ And in the morning, ye say, 'Today shall be foul weather,' and that because the sky is cloudy and red. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the fashion of the sky: and can ye not discern the signs of the times?

¹⁰ See that ye despise not one of these little ones. For I say unto you, that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my father, which is in heaven.

²¹ But when a convenient day was come: Herod on his birthday made a supper to the Lords, captains, and chief estates of Galilee.

²¹ But when a convenient day was come: Herod on his birthday made a supper to the Lords, captains, and chief estates of Galilee. ²² And the daughter of the said Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat at board also. Then the king said unto the maiden, "Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee."

⁸ And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely. For the children of this world, are in their kind, wiser than the children of light.

⁸ And he said unto them, "Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast." And they bare it.

⁵ And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, which were of all nations under heaven. ⁶ When this was noised about, the multitude came together and were astonished, because that every man heard them speak his own tongue. ⁷ They wondered all, and marveled: saying among themselves, "Behold, are not all these which speak of Galilee? ⁸ And how hear we every man his own tongue wherein we were born? ⁹ Parthians, Medes, and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia, of Jewry and of Cappadocia, of Pontus and of Asia; ¹⁰ Phrigia, Pamphylia, and of Egypt, and of the parts of Libya, which is beside Cyrene; And strangers of Rome; ¹¹ Jews and converts, Greeks and Arabians: We have heard them speak with our own tongues the great works of God."

¹⁴ And as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrong, or an evil deed to ye, reason would that I should hear you:

¹⁰ Then said Paul, "I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews have I no harm done, as thou verily well knowest.

²³ that he might declare the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had prepared unto glory:

⁷ Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why rather suffer ye not wrong? Why rather suffer ye not yourselves to be robbed? ⁸ Nay, ye yourselves do wrong, and rob: and that the brethren.

¹⁹ Yet had I rather, in the congregation, to speak five words with my mind to the information of others, rather than ten thousand words with the tongue. ²⁰ Brethren, be not children in wit. Howbeit, as concerning maliciousness be children: but in wit be perfect.

¹⁸ and lighten the eyes of your minds, that ye might know what thing that hope is, whereunto he hath called you, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is upon the saints,

¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess: but be fulfilled with the spirit, ¹⁹ speaking unto yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts,

²² Women: submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

²² Women: submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. ²³ For the husband is the wife's head, even as Christ is the head of the congregation, and the same is the saviour of the body. ²⁴ Therefore as the congregation is in subjection to Christ, likewise let the wives be in subjection to their husbands in all things.

²⁴ Therefore as the congregation is in subjection to Christ, likewise let the wives be in subjection to their husbands in all things.

³³ Nevertheless, do ye so that every one of you love his wife truly even as himself: And let the wife see that she fear her husband.

²⁷ to whom God would make known the glorious riches of this mystery among the gentiles, which riches is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

¹⁸ Wives, submit your own selves unto your own husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.

¹² I suffer not a woman to teach, neither to have authority over the man: but for to be in silence.

⁴ to make the young women soberminded, to love their husbands, to love their children, ⁵ to be of discreet, chaste, housewifely, good, and obedient unto their own husbands, that the word of God be not evil spoken of.

¹ Likewise, let the wives be in subjection to their husbands, that even they which believe not the word, may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives:

¹ Likewise, let the wives be in subjection to their husbands, that even they which believe not the word, may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives: ² while they behold your pure conversation coupled with fear. ³ Whose apparel shall not be outward with broided hair, and hanging on of gold, other in putting on of gorgeous apparel: ⁴ but let the hid man of the heart be uncorrupt, with a meek and a quiet spirit, which spirit is, before God, a thing much set by. ⁵ For after this manner in the old time did the holy women which trusted in God tire themselves, and were obedient to their husbands, ⁶ even as Sara obeyed Abraham and called him "Lord" — whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, not being afraid of every shadow. ⁷ Likewise, ye men, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as unto them that are heirs also of the grace of life, that your prayers be not let.

¹⁶ For we followed not deceitful fables when we opened unto you the power, and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but with our eyes we saw his majesty: ¹⁷ Even then, verily, when he received of God the father honour and glory, and when there came such a voice to him from that excellent glory. "This is my dear beloved son, in whom I have delight" -

¹¹ "Thou art worthy, Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power, for thou hast created all things, and for thy will's sake they are, and were created."

¹⁶ and said to the hills, and rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the presence of him that sitteth on the seat, and from the wrath of the lamb, ¹⁷ for the great day of his wrath is come; And who can endure it?"

⁴ And they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads.