And of your sons that shall descend from you, whom you shall beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that belonged to the king of Egypt.

And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before you:

And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech you, take away the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.

And Ornan said unto David, Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give you the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering; I give it all.

And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will indeed buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is yours for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

Then shall you prosper, if you take heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, and the leaders, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and Levites: one father's house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

Take heed now; for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; if only your children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.

If a man sins against his neighbor, and is made to take an oath, and the oath is made before your altar in this house;

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim, and repaired the altar of the LORD, that was before the vestibule of the LORD.

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

Then the king of Israel said, Take you Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the idol poles out of the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.

And said to the judges, Take heed what you do: for you judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.

And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in the gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

However the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

Now hear me therefore, and return the captives, whom you have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.

The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with its villages, and Timnah with its villages, Gimzo also and its villages: and they dwelt there.

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

Then they cried with a loud voice in the language of Judah unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to frighten them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; if only they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Take me away; for I am badly wounded.

Take heed now that you fail not to do this: why should damage increase to the hurt of the kings?

And the articles also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

And said unto him, Take these articles, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.

For they have taken of their daughters as wives for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy race has mixed itself with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the leaders and rulers has been foremost in this trespass.

Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth forever: that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, You have transgressed, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them who have taken foreign wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter is turned from us.

And they finished with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month.

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken foreign wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

All these had taken foreign wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

But the former governors that had been before me laid burdens upon the people, and had taken of them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the storehouse.

And I contended with them, and pronounced them cursed, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

So Esther's maids and her eunuchs came and told it to her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent garments to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

By these the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their lives, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the forces of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to take their possessions for a spoil,

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their wealth.

He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the cunning is quickly ended.

And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What do you?

He will not permit me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig about you, and take your rest in safety.

He takes away the speech of the trustworthy, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

He takes away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

I was at ease, but he has broken me asunder: he has also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

The trap shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold of him.

He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he built not;

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh.

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

But he knows the way that I take: when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed on them.

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor.

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry;

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

As God lives, who has taken away my right; and the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul;

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

For I know not how to give flattery; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my justice.

In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without a hand.

But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with one blow: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this have you chosen rather than affliction.

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

That you should take it to its domain, and that you should know the paths to its home?

He takes it with his eyes: his nose pierces through snares.

Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant forever?

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that you have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

He that backbites not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor.

He that puts not out his money at interest, nor takes reward against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names upon my lips.