Est 9:5-14, 24-25, Psa 52:5, 146:3, Jer 17:5-6 | ESV | STEP | The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword , killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.

Esther 9:5-14

5 The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them. 6 In Susa the citadel itself the Jews killed and destroyed 500 men, 7 and also killed Parshandatha and Dalphon and Aspatha 8 and Poratha and Adalia and Aridatha 9 and Parmashta and Arisai and Aridai and Vaizatha, 10 ^athe ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, ^bthe enemy of the Jews, ^cbut they laid no hand on the plunder.

11 That very day the number of those killed in Susa the citadel was reported to the king. 12 And the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed 500 men and also the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! ^dNow what is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what further is your request? It shall be fulfilled.” 13 And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be allowed ^etomorrow also to do according to this day’s edict. And let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows.” ^{▼▼Or stake} 14 So the king commanded this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.

Esther 9:24-25

24 For Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, ^gthe enemy of all the Jews, ^hhad plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and ⁱhad cast Pur (that is, cast lots), to crush and to destroy them. 25 But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing ^jthat his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews ^kshould return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. ^{▼▼Or suspended on a stake}

Psalms 52:5

5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and ^mtear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from ⁿthe land of the living. Selah

Psalms 146:3

3 ^oPut not your trust in princes,
^pin a son of man, in whom there is ^qno salvation.

Jeremiah 17:5-6

5 Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man ^rwho trusts in man
and makes flesh his strength, ^{▼▼Hebrew arm}
whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6 ^tHe is like a shrub in the desert,
^uand shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
in ^van uninhabited salt land.