So it happened that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before Jehovah, for He has heard your murmurings.

And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they turned and looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud.

And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was exceedingly drunk; therefore she did not tell him a word, little or much, until morning light.

And it came to pass, after about ten days, that Jehovah struck Nabal, and he died.

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Watch now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon! then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.

And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. And all the king's sons arose, and each one got on his mule and fled.

Now his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah.

And Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

Surely he has known no ease in his belly; he shall not save anything he desires.

In the fullness of his scorn he shall be in distress; every hand of trouble shall come against him.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite when he is cut off, when God draws out his soul?

How have they been brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are fully brought to an end with destruction,

They were not deprived of their lust; but while their food was still in their mouths,

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles. And he drank wine before the thousand.

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God in Jerusalem. And the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.

At that moment fingers of a man's hand came out and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace across from the lampstand. And the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

And this is the writing that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

TEKEL: You are weighed in the balances and found deficient.

Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a necklace of gold around his neck. And they made a proclamation concerning him, that he should rule third in the kingdom.

For as thorns are woven together, and as their drunkards are drunken, they shall be devoured like fully dried straw.

But if that wicked servant says in his heart, My master delays his coming,

the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not expecting him and in an hour he does not know,

For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall by no means escape.

Foolish ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

The partridge sets on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and at his end he shall be a fool.

whereas you do not know what will be tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the rulers and servants of the king.

On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, the one harassing the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her.

And the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai; and Esther appointed Mordecai over the house of Haman.

though he heaps up silver like dust, and provides clothing like clay;

he may provide it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide up the silver.

Surely every man walks about like a shadow! Surely they are stirred up in vain. He heaps up the produce, and does not know who shall gather it.

for when he dies he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.

But he shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

The Mighty God will likewise destroy you forever; He will take you away, and pluck you out of your tent, and has rooted you out of the land of the living. Selah.

Behold, the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and was strong in his wickedness.

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury, gathers it for him who will pity the poor.

Yes, I hated all my labor which I had done under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who shall come after me.

Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

For what has man from all his labor, and from the striving of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun?

But those riches perish by evil use. And he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

And this also is a sore evil, that in all, as he came, so shall he go; and what profit does he have who has labored for the wind?

The partridge sets on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and at his end he shall be a fool.

PERES: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is evident that we can carry nothing out.