Ezra 4:22

22And take care not to be slack in this matter. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the king?”

Esther 7:4

4 aFor we have been sold, I and my people, bto be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.”

Proverbs 26:6

6Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off his own feet and cdrinks violence.

Luke 19:13-27

13Calling dten of his servants,
Greek bondservants; also verse 15
he gave them ten minas,
A  mina was about three months’ wages for a laborer
and said to them, ‘Engage in business guntil I come.’
14But hhis citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ 15When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business. 16The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’ 17And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant!
Greek bondservant; also verse 22
Because you have been jfaithful in a very little, kyou shall have authority over ten cities.’
18And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’ 19And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ 20Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in la handkerchief; 21for I was afraid of you, because you are ma severe man. You take nwhat you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22He said to him, o‘I will condemn you with your own words, pyou wicked servant! You knew that I was qa severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? 23Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’ 24And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ 25And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’ 26‘I tell you that rto everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 27But sas for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and tslaughter them before me.’”

1 Corinthians 4:2

2Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
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