Proverbs 16:14

for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”

By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

“ ‘ “Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded wheat of Minnith, confections, honey, oil, and balm for your merchandise.

“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cup bearer and the chief baker.

“ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before Yahweh. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”

Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you.” She told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.

My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you specify to me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you will receive them. You will accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.”

and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for Yahweh; and he is with you in the judgment.

They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia.

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.

Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for it was the king’s custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;

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

They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

Whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace the same hour.”

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

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God, and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where did you come from? Where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.”

“ ‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

“ ‘If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.

“ ‘If you walk contrary to me, and won’t listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.

then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins.

then I will walk contrary to you in wrath. I will also chastise you seven times for your sins.

The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”

Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

“Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.

“Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.

Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

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

“Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.

Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,

A mighty king will stand up, who will rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.

Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”

When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for the ship was there to unload her cargo.

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’ ” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”

Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?

Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

the greyhound; the male goat; and the king against whom there is no rising up.

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

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

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.

Because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whom he wanted to, and he kept alive whom he wanted to. He raised up whom he wanted to, and he put down whom he wanted to.

Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.