for their feet run to evil and they make haste to shed blood.

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause someone to fall.

In the day of our king, the rulers have made themselves sick, inflamed with wine. He stretches out his hand with scorners.

who drink wine from bowls, and anoint themselves with the best of ointments; but they are not grieved for the crushing of Joseph!

Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will become joy.

And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I have perished, I have perished!

So Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of violet and white, with a great crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

When the righteous multiply, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.