Discovery Box| (0.38) | Est 5:8 |
| If I have found favor in the king’s sight and if the king is inclined 1 to grant my request and perform my petition, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them. At that time 2 I will do as the king wishes. 3 |
| (0.38) | Est 6:9 |
| Then let this clothing and this horse be given to one of the king’s noble officials. Let him 1 then clothe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him lead him about through the plaza of the city on the horse, calling 2 before him, ‘So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!’” |
| (0.38) | Est 7:2 |
| On the second day of the banquet of wine the king asked Esther, “What is your request, Queen Esther? It shall be granted to you. And what is your petition? Ask up to half the kingdom, and it shall be done!” |
| (0.38) | Est 7:3 |
| Queen Esther replied, “If I have met with your approval, 1 O king, and if the king is so inclined, grant me my life as my request, and my people as my petition. |
| (0.38) | Est 8:1 |
| On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate 1 of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her. |
| (0.38) | Est 8:7 |
| King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have already given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he took hostile action 1 against the Jews. |
| (0.38) | Est 8:11 |
| The king thereby allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and to stand up for themselves – to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any army of whatever people or province that should become their adversaries, including their women and children, 1 and to confiscate their property. |
| (0.38) | Est 9:12 |
| Then the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman! What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? What is your request? It shall be given to you. What other petition do you have? It shall be done.” |
| (0.38) | Est 9:13 |
| Esther replied, “If the king is so inclined, let the Jews who are in Susa be permitted to act tomorrow also according to today’s law, and let them hang the ten sons of Haman on the gallows.” |
| (0.38) | Ecc 3:11 |
| God has made everything fit beautifully 1 in its appropriate time, but 2 he has also placed ignorance 3 in the human heart 4 so that 5 people 6 cannot discover what God has ordained, 7 from the beginning to the end 8 of their lives. 9 |
| (0.38) | Ecc 5:1 |
| 1 Be careful what you do 2 when you go to the temple 3 of God; draw near to listen 4 rather than to offer a sacrifice 5 like fools, 6 for they do not realize that they are doing wrong. |
| (0.38) | Ecc 5:6 |
| Do not let your mouth cause you 1 to sin, and do not tell the priest, 2 “It was a mistake!” 3 Why make God angry at you 4 so that he would destroy the work of your hands?” |
| (0.38) | Ecc 5:18 |
| I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: 1 to eat and drink, 2 and find enjoyment in all their 3 hard work 4 on earth 5 during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward. 6 |
| (0.38) | Ecc 5:19 |
| To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability 1 to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things 2 are the gift of God. |
| (0.38) | Ecc 6:2 |
| God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart 1 desires, 2 yet God does not enable 3 him to enjoy 4 the fruit of his labor 5 – instead, someone else 6 enjoys 7 it! 8 This is fruitless and a grave misfortune. 9 |
| (0.38) | Ecc 8:9 |
| While applying 1 my mind 2 to everything 3 that happens in this world, 4 I have seen all this: Sometimes one person 5 dominates 6 other people 7 to their harm. 8 |
| (0.38) | Ecc 8:15 |
| So I recommend the enjoyment of life, 1 for there is nothing better on earth 2 for a person to do 3 except 4 to eat, drink, and enjoy 5 life. 6 So 7 joy 8 will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life which God gives him on earth. 9 |
| (0.38) | Ecc 8:16 |
| When I tried 1 to gain 2 wisdom and to observe the activity 3 on earth – even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night 4 – |
| (0.38) | 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 |
| (0.38) | Ecc 9:9 |
| Enjoy 1 life with your beloved wife 2 during all the days of your fleeting 3 life that God 4 has given you on earth 5 during all your fleeting days; 6 for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work 7 on earth. 8 |
