Judges 9:14-20
14Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’ 15And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and atake refuge in my shade, but if not, blet fire come out of the bramble and devour cthe cedars of Lebanon.’16“Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and integrity when you made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with dJerubbaal and his house and have done to him eas his deeds deserved— 17for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian, 18and you have risen up against my father’s house this day fand have killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made gAbimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, hbecause he is your relative— 19if you then have acted in good faith and integrity with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then irejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you. 20But if not, jlet fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech.”
1 Kings 12:13-14
13And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him, 14he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, k“My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”Esther 3:1
Haman Plots Against the Jews
1After these things King Ahasuerus lpromoted Haman mthe Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, nand advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him.Psalms 12:8
8On every side the wicked prowl,as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
Proverbs 28:12
12When othe righteous triumph, there is great glory,but when pthe wicked rise, people hide themselves.
Proverbs 28:28
28When qthe wicked rise, rpeople hide themselves,but when they perish, the righteous increase.
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