And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by My name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord Almighty.

But to you that fear My name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing [shall be] in His wings: and you shall go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds.

And He said, Lay not your hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, and for My sake you have not spared your beloved son.

And Ahab called Obadiah the steward. Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly.

And it shall come to pass when I shall have departed from you, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry you to a land which I know not, and I shall go in to tell the matter to Ahab, and he will not find you, and he will slay me; yet your servant fears the Lord from his youth.

And He said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.

Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear Him, those that hope in His mercy;

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and all that act accordingly have a good understanding; His praise endures forever and ever.

Alleluia. Blessed is the man that fears the Lord; he will delight greatly in His commandments.

The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear Him, and in all that hope in His mercy.

Who is among you that fears the Lord? Let him hearken to the voice of His servant; you that walk in darkness, and have no light, trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon God.

Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified, and going in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, were multiplying.

a devout [man], and one that feared God, together with all his household, who often gave alms to the people, and making petition to God always.

Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all [nations] shall come and worship before You, because Your righteous judgments have been manifested."

And these words, all that I command you this day, shall be in your heart and in your soul.

And you shall fasten them for a sign upon your hand, and it shall be immovable before your eyes.

And Jonathan son of Saul arose, and went to David to Caene, and strengthened his hands in the Lord.

So they both made a covenant before the Lord; and David dwelt in Caene, and Jonathan went to his home.

So Esther called for her eunuch Hathach, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mordecai.

And Mordecai showed him what was done, and the promise which Haman had made the king of ten thousand talents [to be paid] into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.

So Hathach went in and told her all these words.

All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person cannot live. Only to whomsoever the king shall stretch out [his] golden scepter, he shall live; and I have not been called to go into the king, for these thirty days.

Then Mordecai said to Hathach, Go, and say to her, Esther, say not to yourself that you alone will escape in the kingdom, more than all the [other] Jews.

And Esther sent the [man] that came to her to Mordecai, saying,

So Mordecai went and did all that Esther commanded him. And he sought the Lord, making mention of all the works of the Lord; and he said, Lord God, King ruling over all, for all things are in Your power, and there is no one that shall oppose You in Your purpose to save Israel. For You have made the heaven and the earth, and every wonderful thing in the [earth] under heaven. And You are Lord of all, and there is no one who shall resist You, the Lord. You know all things: You know, O Lord, that it is not in the insolence, nor haughtiness, nor love of glory, that I have done this, to refuse to bow down to the haughty Haman. For I would gladly have kissed the soles of his feet for the safety of Israel. But I have done this, that I might not set the glory of man above the glory of God: and I will not worship anyone except You, my Lord, and I will not do these things in haughtiness. And now, O Lord God, O King, the God of Abraham, spare Your people, for [our enemies] are looking upon us for [our] destruction, and they have desired to destroy Your ancient inheritance. Do not overlook Your peculiar people, whom you have redeemed for Yourself out of the land of Egypt. Hearken to my prayer, and be propitious to Yours in gladness, that we may live and sing praises to Your name, O Lord; and do not utterly destroy the mount of them that praise You, O Lord. And all Israel cried with [all] their might, for their death [was] before their eyes. And Queen Esther found refuge in the Lord, being taken, [as it were,] in the agony of death. And having taken off her glorious apparel, she put on garments of distress and morning. And instead of grand perfumes, she put dung and ashes on her head, and she greatly brought down her body, and she filled every place of her glad adorning with the [torn] curls of her hair. And she sought the Lord God of Israel, and said, O my Lord, You alone are our king. Help me, [I who am] destitute, and have no helper but You, for my danger [is] close at hand. I have heard from my birth, in the tribe of my kindred, that You, O Lord, took Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers out of all their kindred for a perpetual inheritance, and have wrought for them all that You have said. And now we have sinned before You, and You have delivered us into the hands of our enemies, because we honored their gods. You are righteous, O Lord. But now they have not been contented with the bitterness of our slavery, but have laid their hands on the hands of their idols, [in order] to abolish the decree of Your mouth, and to utterly destroy Your inheritance, and to stop the mouth of them that praise You, and to extinguish the glory of Your house and Your altar, and to open the mouth of the Gentiles, to [speak] the praises of vanities, and [in order] that a mortal king should be admired forever. O Lord, do not resign Your scepter to them that are not, and let them not laugh at our fall, but turn their counsel against themselves, and make an example of him who has begun [to injure] us. Remember [us], O Lord, manifest Yourself in the time of our affliction, and encourage me, O King of gods, and Ruler of all dominion. Put harmonious speech into my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hate him that fights against us, to the utter destruction of him and of them that consent with him. But deliver us by Your hand, and help I [who am] destitute, and have no one but You, O Lord. You know all things, and know that I hate the glory of transgressors, and that I abhor the manners of the uncircumcised, and of every stranger. You know my necessity, for I abhor the symbol of my proud station, which is upon my head in the days of my splendor. I abhor it as a menstrual cloth, and I wear it not in the days of my tranquility. And Your handmaid has not eaten [at] the table of Haman, and I have not honored the banquet of the king, neither have I drunk the wine of libations. Neither has Your handmaid rejoiced since the day of my promotion until now, except in You, O Lord God of Abraham. O God, who has power over all, hearken to the voice of the desperate, and deliver us from the hand of them that devise mischief; and deliver me from my fear.

On behalf of the saints that are in His land, He has magnified all His pleasure in them.

Come [and] hear, and I will tell, all You that fear God, how great things He has done for my soul.

If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I [should] have broken covenant with the generation of Your children.

until I go into the sanctuary of God, [and so] understand the latter end.

I am a companion of all them that fear You, and of them that keep Your commandments.

If you walk with wise men you shall be wise, but he that walks with fools shall be known.

and said to him, Go through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that groan and that grieve for all the iniquities that are done in the midst of them.

So Daniel went into his house, and made known the matter to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his friends.

And they sought mercies from the God of heaven concerning this mystery; that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

And coming in that instant she was giving thanks to the Lord, and was speaking about Him to all those who waited for redemption in Jerusalem.

And they were conversing with one another about all these things which had happened.

But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not recognize Him.

Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, "Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and do not know what has happened in it in these days?"

and how the chief priests and our rulers handed Him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified Him.

Moreover certain women of our group astonished us, after they arrived early at the tomb.

And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it thus just as also the women had said; but Him they did not see."

Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?"

Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He made as though He was going farther.

Now it came to pass, as He was reclining [to eat] with them, having taken bread, He blessed and broke it, and He gave [it] to them.

One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

And he led him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is translated, A Stone).

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

And there were some Greeks among those coming up, so that they might worship at the feast.

Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying; both Peter and James and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

And being released, they came to their own, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage, and the people conspired vain things?

"For truly they were assembled against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

Now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

Now we exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the discouraged, be supportive of the weak, be patient toward all.

but encourage yourselves every day, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

And let us consider one another for the stirring up of love and of good works,

looking diligently lest anyone fall from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness growing up cause trouble, and through this many be defiled;

And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him an inheritance on every side [free] from all his enemies round about him;

And it came into the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

For there is no unrighteous word on my tongue: behold, O Lord, You have known all things,

Again, assuredly I say to you that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst."

And when they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

And with great power the apostles were giving forth their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.

And the king examined the two eunuchs, and hanged them. And the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal records of the good offices of Mordecai, as a commendation.

But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night; and he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.

For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book forever,

For I know that He is eternal who is about to deliver me,

O God, I have declared my life to You; You have set my tears before You, even according to Your promise.

Behold, it is written before Me; I will not be silent until I have recompensed into their bosom,

A stream of fire rushed forth before Him. Thousands [upon] thousands ministered to Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand attended to Him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.

A good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and an evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.

For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned."

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened the books. And another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by the things having been written in the books, according to their works.

The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [Him]; God is not before him.

Some [glory] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God.

Your mercy, O Lord, has helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, Your consolation has soothed my soul.

I will sing to the Lord while I live; I will sing praise to my God while I exist.

supporting truth, and keeping peace; for on You, O Lord,

For the way of the Lord is judgment; we have hoped in Your name, and on the remembrance [of You],

For the word of God is living and effectual, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

And there is no creature hidden before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes, to whom we must give an account.