When Joab came out from David’s presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah. But David did not know about it. And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck himContinue reading “2Samuel 3:26-30….Pay-back – the real reason.”
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Esther 6: 7-11….Whoops!
And Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honour, let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse that the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown is set. And let the robes and the horse be handed over to one ofContinue reading “Esther 6: 7-11….Whoops!”
Esther 5: 9-14…..Is pride going to lead to a fall?
And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh. And HamanContinue reading “Esther 5: 9-14…..Is pride going to lead to a fall?”
Esther 4: 9-17….Esther shines as pure gold!
And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said. Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to go to Mordecai and say, “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there isContinue reading “Esther 4: 9-17….Esther shines as pure gold!”
Esther 2: 9-14….This sounds complex and horrible!
And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king’s palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. Esther had not made known her people orContinue reading “Esther 2: 9-14….This sounds complex and horrible!”
John 3: 5-8….A deep answer.
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be bornContinue reading “John 3: 5-8….A deep answer.”
Psalm 55: 9-15….A friend betrays.
Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;for I see violence and strife in the city.Day and night they go around iton its walls,and iniquity and trouble are within it;ruin is in its midst;oppression and frauddo not depart from its marketplace.For it is not an enemy who taunts me—then I could bear it;it is not an adversaryContinue reading “Psalm 55: 9-15….A friend betrays.”
Genesis 34: 27-31…..The bigger picture.
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field. All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they capturedContinue reading “Genesis 34: 27-31…..The bigger picture.”
Genesis 34: 18-27…..Nasty, nasty!
Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem. And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his father’s house. So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men ofContinue reading “Genesis 34: 18-27…..Nasty, nasty!”
Genesis 33: 1-9…..On the surface all is well!
And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants. And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.Continue reading “Genesis 33: 1-9…..On the surface all is well!”
As I read it! 