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And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter had that which remained; and the villages and the cities, that were in the mountains and in the plain,
gat many spoils: for the multitude was very
great.
And when they came unto her, they blessed her with one
accord, and said unto her, Thou art the
exaltation of Jerusalem, thou art the
great glory of Israel, thou art the
great rejoicing of our nation:
I will sing unto the Lord a new song: O Lord, thou art
great and glorious, wonderful in strength, and
invincible.
For all sacrifice is too little for a sweet savour unto thee, and all the fat is not sufficient for thy burnt offering: but he that feareth the Lord is great at all times.
And my nation is this Israel, which
cried to God, and were saved: for the Lord hath saved his people, and the Lord hath delivered us from all those evils, and God hath wrought signs and
great wonders, which have not been done among the Gentiles.
In the second year of the reign of Artexerxes the
great, in the first day of the month
Nisan, Mardocheus the son of Jairus, the son of Semei, the son of Cisai, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream;
Who was a
Jew, and dwelt in the city of
Susa, a
great man, being a
servitor in the king’s court.
And, behold, two
great dragons came forth ready to fight, and their cry was
great.
Then they
cried unto God, and upon their cry, as it were from a little fountain, was made a
great flood, even much water.
Howbeit Aman the son of Amadathus the Agagite, who was in
great honour with the king, sought to
molest Mardocheus and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king.
The copy of the letters was this: The
great king Artexerxes writeth these things to the princes and governours that are under him from India unto
Ethiopia in an hundred and seven and twenty provinces.
And laid away her glorious
apparel, and put on the garments of
anguish and
mourning: and instead of precious ointments, she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body
greatly, and all the places of her joy she filled with her
torn hair.
And that thine
handmaid hath not eaten at Aman’s table, and that I have not
greatly esteemed the king’s feast, nor
drunk the wine of the drink offerings.
The
great king Artexerxes unto the princes and governors of an hundred and seven and twenty provinces from India unto
Ethiopia, and unto all our faithful subjects,
greeting.
Many, the more often they are honoured with the
great bounty of their
gracious princes, the more proud they are
waxen,
But he, not bearing his great dignity, went about to deprive us of our kingdom and life:
And having been a little
chastised, they shall be
greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself.
Then shall the righteous man stand in
great boldness before the face of such as have
afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.
For he which is Lord over all shall fear no man’s person, neither shall he stand in
awe of any man’s
greatness: for he hath made the small and
great, and careth for all alike.
Whoso seeketh her early shall have no
great travail: for he shall find her sitting at his doors.
I shall be found of a quick
conceit in judgment, and shall be
admired in the sight of
great men.
And
great pleasure it is to have her friendship; and in the works of her hands are infinite riches; and in the exercise of conference with her,
prudence; and in talking with her, a good report; I went about seeking how to take her to me.
For thou canst
shew thy
great strength at all times when thou
wilt; and who may
withstand the power of thine arm?
But thou, mastering thy power, judgest with
equity, and orderest us with
great favour: for thou mayest use power when thou
wilt.
With how
great circumspection didst thou judge thine own sons, unto whose fathers thou hast
sworn, and made covenants of good promises?
For by the
greatness and beauty of the creatures
proportionably the maker of them is seen.
Moreover this was not enough for them, that they
erred in the knowledge of God; but whereas they lived in the
great war of ignorance, those so
great plagues called they peace.
For
great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed: therefore
unnurtured souls have
erred.
Nevertheless thy saints had a very great light, whose voice they hearing, and not seeing their shape, because they also had not suffered the same things, they counted them happy.
Therefore even with blindness were these
stricken, as those were at the doors of the righteous man: when, being compassed about with
horrible great darkness, every one sought the passage of his own doors.
Unto whom hath the knowledge of wisdom been made manifest? and who hath understood her great experience?
There is one wise and greatly to be feared, the Lord sitting upon his throne.
The
greater thou art, the more humble
thyself, and thou shalt find favour before the Lord.
For the power of the Lord is great, and he is honoured of the lowly.
Get
thyself the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to a
great man.
And say not His mercy is
great; he will be
pacified for the multitude of my sins: for mercy and wrath come from him, and his
indignation resteth upon sinners.
Be not ignorant of any thing in a great matter or a small.
Rejoice not over thy
greatest enemy being dead, but remember that we die all.
Despise not the discourse of the wise, but
acquaint thyself with their
proverbs: for of them thou shalt learn instruction, and how to serve
great men with ease.
Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured; yet is there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.
Wisdom lifteth up the head of him that is of low degree, and maketh him to sit among great men.
Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced; and the honourable delivered into other men’s hands.
For the wisdom of the Lord is great, and he is mighty in power, and beholdeth all things:
Many such things have I seen with mine eyes, and mine ear hath heard greater things than these.
As his mercy is great, so is his correction also: he judgeth a man according to his works
He set his eye upon their hearts, that he might
shew them the
greatness of his works.
How
great is the lovingkindness of the Lord our God, and his
compassion unto such as turn unto him in
holiness!
A wise man shall promote himself to honour with his words: and he that hath understanding will please great men.
He that tilleth his land shall increase his
heap: and he that pleaseth
great men shall get
pardon for iniquity.
Remember thy father and thy mother, when thou sittest among
great men. Be not
forgetful before them, and so thou by thy custom become a
fool, and wish that thou hadst not been born, and
curse they day of thy
nativity.
It is great glory to follow the Lord, and to be received of him is long life.
For her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profounder than the great deep.
Three sorts of men my soul hateth, and I am
greatly offended at their life: a poor man that is proud, a rich man that is a
liar, and an old
adulterer that doateth.
O how great is he that findeth wisdom! yet is there none above him that feareth the Lord.
A
drunken woman and a
gadder abroad causeth
great anger, and she will not cover her own shame.
A
backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of
great men.
The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates.
If thou be among
great men, make not
thyself equal with them; and when ancient men are in place, use not many words.
Hear me, O ye
great men of the people, and
hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the congregation.
The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.
My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to
lament, as if thou hadst suffered
great harm thyself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.
He shall serve among great men, and appear before princes: he will travel through strange countries; for he hath tried the good and the evil among men.
When the
great Lord will, he shall be filled with the spirit of understanding: he shall pour out wise sentences, and give
thanks unto the Lord in his prayer.
If he die, he shall leave a greater name than a thousand: and if he live, he shall increase it.
Great travail is created for every man, and an heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day that they go out of their mother’s
womb, till the day that they return to the mother of all things.
The goods of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall
vanish with noise, like a
great thunder in rain.
Have regard to thy name; for that shall continue with thee above a thousand great treasures of gold.
Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment runneth
hastily.
By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small.
How shall we be able to
magnify him? for he is
great above all his works.
The Lord is terrible and very great, and marvellous is his power.
There are yet
hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works.
The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning.
Abraham was a great father of many people: in glory was there none like unto him;
Jesus the son a Nave was
valiant in the wars, and was the successor of Moses in
prophecies, who according to his name was made
great for the saving of the
elect of God, and taking
vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, that he might set Israel in their inheritance.
How
great glory
gat he, when he did lift up his hands, and stretched out his sword against the cities!
He called upon the most high Lord, when the enemies pressed upon him on every side; and the great Lord heard him.
And the Lord
thundered from heaven, and with a
great noise made his voice to be heard.
For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was strong in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who was great and faithful in his vision, had commanded him.
And among the
elect was Neemias, whose
renown is
great, who raised up for us the walls that were fallen, and set up the gates and the bars, and raised up our ruins again.
Sem and
Seth were in
great honour among men, and so was Adam above every living thing in creation.
Then
shouted the sons of Aaron, and sounded the silver
trumpets, and made a
great noise to be heard, for a
remembrance before the most High.
The singers also
sang praises with their voices, with
great variety of sounds was there made sweet
melody.
And hast delivered me, according to the multitude of they
mercies and
greatness of thy name, from the teeth of them that were ready to
devour me, and out of the hands of such as sought after my life, and from the
manifold afflictions which I had;
Get learning with a great sum of money, and get much gold by her.
To bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the whole heaven, as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that were written in the law of Moses;
And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with
great power, and hast
gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:
But the soul that is
greatly vexed, which goeth
stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the
hungry soul, will give thee praise and righteousness, O Lord.
And, lo, they are cast out to the heat of the day, and to the
frost of the night, and they died in
great miseries by famine, by sword, and by
pestilence.
O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine,
If ye will not hear my voice, surely this very
great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations, where I will
scatter them.
O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.
There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so
great stature, and so
expert in war.
For when she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, she said,
Hearken, O ye that dwell about
Sion: God hath brought upon me
great mourning;
Like as now the neighbours of
Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with
great glory, and brightness of the
Everlasting.