Esther 1:4

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.

“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.

All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope;

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling,

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

Have we no right to eat and to drink?

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”

I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.

Solomon the son of David was firmly established in his kingdom, and Yahweh his God was with him, and made him exceedingly great.

therefore wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you had, and none after you will have.”

But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.

However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

By your power, you form the mountains, having armed yourself with strength.

Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

“I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.”

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

When he was at the place, he said to them, “Pray that you don’t enter into temptation.”

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh.

Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.

A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.

Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.

For he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.

Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God—

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

I don’t receive glory from men.

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead: Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;

The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”

A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.

Yahweh magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and gave to him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.

His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.

Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.

I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.

Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.

by your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”

The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

At the same time my understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added to me.

“You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.

Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and the principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”