Discovery Box| (0.33) | Neh 5:13 |
| I also shook out my garment, 1 and I said, “In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out 2 this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!” All the assembly replied, “So be it!” and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised. 3 |
| (0.33) | Neh 5:15 |
| But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to 1 forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God. |
| (0.33) | Neh 5:18 |
| Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people. |
| (0.33) | Neh 7:3 |
| I 1 said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning, 2 until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them. 3 Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes.” |
| (0.33) | Neh 13:15 |
| In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps of grain and loading them onto donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, and bringing them to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them on the day that they sold these provisions. |
| (0.33) | Neh 13:22 |
| Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love. |
| (0.33) | Est 2:18 |
| Then the king prepared a large banquet for all his officials and his servants – it was actually Esther’s banquet. He also set aside a holiday for the provinces, and he provided for offerings at the king’s expense. 1 |
| (0.33) | Est 3:2 |
| As a result, 1 all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow, 2 nor did he pay him homage. |
| (0.33) | Est 9:2 |
| The Jews assembled themselves in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike out against those who were seeking their harm. No one was able to stand before them, for dread of them fell on all the peoples. |
| (0.33) | Est 9:27 |
| Therefore, because of the account found in this letter and what they had faced in this regard and what had happened to them, the Jews established as binding on themselves, their descendants, and all who joined their company that they should observe these two days without fail, just as written and at the appropriate time on an annual basis. |
| (0.33) | Job 1:5 |
| When 1 the days of their feasting were finished, 2 Job would send 3 for them and sanctify 4 them; he would get up early 5 in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to 6 the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps 7 my children 8 have sinned and cursed 9 God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice. |
| (0.33) | Job 1:16 |
| While this one was still speaking, 1 another messenger arrived 2 and said, “The fire of God 3 has fallen from heaven 4 and has burned up the sheep and the servants – it has consumed them! And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!” |
| (0.33) | Job 2:11 |
| When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country 2 – Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. 3 They met together 4 to come to show sympathy 5 for him and to console 6 him. |
| (0.33) | Psa 52:1 |
| For the music director; a well-written song 2 by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: “David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech.” 3 Why do you boast about your evil plans, 4 O powerful man? God’s loyal love protects me all day long! 5 |
| (0.33) | Psa 56:1 |
| For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; 2 a prayer 3 of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. 4 Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! 5 All day long hostile enemies 6 are tormenting me. 7 |
| (0.33) | Psa 80:1 |
| For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; 2 a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, 3 reveal your splendor! 4 |
| (0.33) | Ecc 7:26 |
| I discovered this: 1 More bitter than death is the kind of 2 woman 3 who is like a hunter’s snare; 4 her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her. |
| (0.33) | Ecc 9:1 |
| So I reflected on all this, 1 attempting to clear 2 it all up. I concluded that 3 the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated 4 – no one knows what lies ahead. 5 |
| (0.33) | Ecc 9:3 |
| This is the unfortunate fact 1 about everything that happens on earth: 2 the same fate awaits 3 everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people 4 are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives – then they die. 5 |
| (0.33) | Ecc 11:9 |
| Rejoice, young man, while you are young, 1 and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses 2 of your heart and the desires 3 of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions. 4 |
