And he was not content to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had revealed to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
And a host was given him against the daily service because of transgression, and it threw down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy amazingly, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Woe to those who devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son in law in one of the two.