But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war: for God commanded me to make haste: cease from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroys you not.

And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to oversee the work of the house of the LORD.

Be it known unto the king, that the Jews who came up from you to us have come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and wicked city, and are finishing its walls, and repairing the foundations.

And the children of Israel, who had come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,

Also the children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve male goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that you our God has punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and has given us such deliverance as this;

And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the order of the leaders and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and he himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

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.

Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may let me pass over till I come into Judah;

When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

Then said I unto them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we are no more a reproach.

And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

In whatever place therefore you hear the sound of the trumpet, come you there unto us: our God shall fight for us.

That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me harm.

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?

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.

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay you; yea, in the night will they come to slay you.

And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before you, that has come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and in it was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God forever;

And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your mercy.

But queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his eunuchs: therefore was the king very angry, and his anger burned within him.

If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

Now when every maiden's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after she had been there twelve months, according to the regulations for the women, (for so were the days of their beautification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes, and with other preparations for beautifying women;)

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.

All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but you and your father's house shall be destroyed: and who knows whether you are come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.

Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am invited unto her also with the king.

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house, to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

And the LORD said unto Satan, From where come you? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

And the LORD said unto Satan, From where come you? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come into it.

Who long for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.

For the thing which I greatly feared has come upon me, and that which I was afraid of has come unto me.

But now it is come upon you, and you faint; it touches you, and you are troubled.

For affliction comes not forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in in its season.

As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away: so he that goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

They that hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in trial.

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

He also shall be my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him.

He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.

If a man dies, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change comes.

And surely the mountain falling, comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place.

His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; and they are brought low, but he perceives it not of them.

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

When a few years have come, then I shall go the way where I shall not return.

But as for you all, do you return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

They that come after him shall be astounded at his day, as they that went before were frightened.

His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.

In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yea, the glittering sword comes out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! and how often comes their destruction upon them! God distributes sorrows in his anger.

Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto you.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

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

He has drawn a circle on the waters at the boundary where the day and night come together.

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

As for the earth, out of it comes bread: but under it is turned up as it were fire.

From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

What then shall I do when God rises up? and when he comes, what shall I answer him?

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.

With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.

Out of the south comes the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

He causes it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

Fair weather comes out of the north: with God is awesome majesty.

And said, Thus far shall you come, but no farther: and here shall your proud waves be stopped?

One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

But as for me, I will come into your house in the multitude of your mercy: and in your fear will I worship toward your holy temple.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.

O you enemy, destructions are come to an everlasting end: and you have destroyed cities; their memory is perished with them.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Let my vindication come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are right.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he has done this.

Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be you lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Lift up your heads, O you gates; even lift them up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

For his anger endures but for a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto you in a time when you may be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near unto him.

Be you not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, else they come not near unto you.

Come, you children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he has hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

And if he comes to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten you, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant.

Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth.