Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had instructed her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, just as when she was brought up with him.
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for to this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: nevertheless I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but you did not listen to me.
And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he has commanded you:
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he has instructed us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters;
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
That you receive her in the Lord, as it is proper for saints, and that you assist her in whatever business she needs you: for she has been a helper of many, and of myself also.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have disciplined him, will not listen to them:
But if any widow has children or nephews, let them first learn to show piety at home, and to repay their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the protected area as the army was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.