And his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Make a wooden gallows fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak to the king and let them hang Mordecai on it; and go rejoicing in with the king to the banquet. And the thing was good in Haman’s eyes. And he caused the wooden gallows to be made.
And the king said, Who is in the court? And Haman had come into the outer court of the king’s house to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for him.
For My people are foolish. They do not know Me. They are stupid children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but they do not know to do good.
So says Jehovah, Stand by the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.
I listened and heard. They did not speak so. No man repented because of this evil way, saying, What have I done? Everyone turned in their own courses, as a horse rushes into the battle.
O man, He has declared to you what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to be humble to walk with your God?
who having known the ordinance of God, that the ones practicing such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also approve the ones practicing them.
I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and that you cannot bear evil ones; and you tried the ones pretending to be apostles and are not, and found them to be liars.
And Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, and to cause him to die in the morning. And his wife Michal told David, saying, If you do not slip away with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.