Est 8:16
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
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When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, {there is} shouting.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. {candle: or, lamp}
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
For his anger {endureth but} a moment; in his favour {is} life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy {cometh} in the morning. {his anger...: Heb. there is but a moment in his anger} {for a night: Heb. in the evening} {joy: Heb. singing}
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. {of the same: Heb. in it}
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: {he is} gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which {is} not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. {present: Heb. found}
Ye shall have a song, as in the night {when} a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. {mighty...: Heb. Rock}
But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. {were lightened: or, they flowed unto him}
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
God {is} the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, {even} unto the horns of the altar.
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: {thou art} a swift dromedary traversing her ways; {thou art...: or, O swift dromedary}