Esther 4:11
11“All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside athe inner court without being called, bthere is but one law—to be put to death, except the one cto whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”Esther 4:14
14For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”Proverbs 24:11-12
11 dRescue those who are being taken away to death;hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
edoes not he who fweighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who gkeeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not repay man haccording to his work?
Amos 5:11-13
11Therefore because you itrample on ▼▼Or you tax
the poorand you exact taxes of grain from him,
kyou have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
lyou have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who mtake a bribe,
and nturn aside the needy oin the gate.
13Therefore he who is prudent will pkeep silent in such a time,
qfor it is an evil time.
Micah 7:3
3 rTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;sthe prince and tthe judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
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