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And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:

Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.