Esther 5:9

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;

The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.

When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.

Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.”

I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.

Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them.

When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can’t go back.”

Then the king’s servants, who were in the king’s gate, said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s commandment?”

Behold, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others will spring.

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’

Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the king’s gate.

Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

“Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time,

Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

He made him ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” He set him over all the land of Egypt.

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies. Now please tell me how you might be bound.”

He answered, “Don’t be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.”

I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”

Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,

He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

Behold, they are like stubble. The fire will burn them. They won’t deliver themselves from the power of the flame. It won’t be a coal to warm at or a fire to sit by.

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

“I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive.” He commanded that he be kept in Herod’s palace.

and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”

Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.

When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.

All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down, and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn’t bow down or pay him homage.

Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’

in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;

When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride.

Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then these men were brought before the king.

Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.