Ezra 4:22
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Take heed that you not be slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
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Take heed that you not be slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.
He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.