Acts 25:9Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
But, as Festus wished to gain popularity with the Jews, he interrupted Paul with the question, ‘Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried on these charges before me there?’
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Ruth 1:14
Then they again wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth stayed with her.
Esther 1:19
If it seems best to the king, let him send out a royal edict. Let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media, never to be repealed, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus. Let the king give her place as queen to another who is more worthy than she.
Esther 2:1
Some time later, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered what Vashti had done and what had been decreed against her.
Esther 2:9
The girl pleased him and gained his favour, so that he quickly gave her the cosmetics she needed to enhance her beauty and her allowance of food and the seven maids selected from the king’s household. He also transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem.
Esther 2:13
each girl went in to the king. She was allowed to take with her whatever she wished from the women’s quarters,