'One' in the Bible

Even one of the sons of Jehoiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. So I drove him away from me.

Memucan said in the presence of the king and his officials, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the officials and the peoples who are in every one of King Ahasuerus’s provinces.

Then Haman informed King Ahasuerus, “There is one ethnic group, scattered throughout the peoples in every province of your kingdom, yet living in isolation. Their laws are different from everyone else’s and they do not obey the king’s laws. It is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs assigned to her, and dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what he was doing and why.

“All the royal officials and the people of the royal provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner courtyard and who has not been summoned—the death penalty. Only if the king extends the gold scepter will that person live. I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the last 30 days.”

“What’s more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she had prepared. I am invited again tomorrow to join her with the king.

Put the garment and the horse under the charge of one of the king’s most noble officials. Have them clothe the man the king wants to honor, parade him on the horse through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king wants to honor.’”

King Ahasuerus spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

Harbona, one of the royal eunuchs, said: “There is a gallows 75 feet tall at Haman’s house that he made for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.”The king commanded, “Hang him on it.”

This explains why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a time of rejoicing and feasting. It is a holiday when they send gifts to one another.

because during those days the Jews got rid of their enemies. That was the month when their sorrow was turned into rejoicing and their mourning into a holiday. They were to be days of feasting, rejoicing, and of sending gifts to one another and the poor.

One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”

One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

One day the sons of God came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord.

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him, to destroy him without just cause.”

Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.

Why is light given to one burdened with grief,and life to those whose existence is bitter,

Your words have steadied the one who was stumblingand braced the knees that were buckling.

They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;they perish forever while no one notices.

His children are far from safety.They are crushed at the city gate,with no one to rescue them.

It would still bring me comfort,and I would leap for joy in unrelenting painthat I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

As a cloud fades away and vanishes,so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again.

If one wanted to take Him to court,he could not answer God once in a thousand times.

If it is a matter of strength, look, He is the Mighty One!If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

There is no one to judge between us,to lay his hand on both of us.

even though You know that I am not wickedand that there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?

Should your babbling put others to silence,so that you can keep on ridiculingwith no one to humiliate you?

The one who is at ease holds calamity in contemptand thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.

Do You really take notice of one like this?Will You bring me into judgment against You?

Who can produce something pure from what is impure?No one!

What is man, that he should be pure,or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,who drinks injustice like water?

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man,and this is the place of the one who does not know God.

His anger burns against me,and He regards me as one of His enemies.

One person dies in excellent health,completely secure and at ease.

He will even rescue the guilty one,who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.

Dominion and dread belong to Him,the One who establishes harmony in the heavens.

How can a person be justified before God?How can one born of woman be pure?

For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help,and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

I directed their course and presided as chief.I lived as a king among his troops,like one who comforts those who mourn. >

Yet no one would stretch out his handagainst a ruined manwhen he cries out to him for helpbecause of his distress.

Did not the One who made me in the womb also make them?Did not the same God form us both in the womb?

I paid close attention to you.Yet no one proved Job wrong;not one of you refuted his arguments.

I will be partial to no one,and I will not give anyone an undeserved title.

If there is an angel on his side,one mediator out of a thousand,to tell a person what is right for him

Could one who hates justice govern the world?Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,

God does not need to examine a person further,that one should approach Him in court.

But no one asks, “Where is God my Maker,who provides us with songs in the night,

For my arguments are without flaw;one who has perfect knowledge is with you.

Yes, God is mighty, but He despises no one;He understands all things.

Be careful that no one lures you with riches;do not let a large ransom lead you astray.

Do you make him leap like a locust?His proud snorting fills one with terror.

Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?Let him who argues with God give an answer.

No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;who then can stand against Me?

One scale is so close to anotherthat no air can pass between them.

They are joined to one another,so closely connected they cannot be separated.

He leaves a shining wake behind him;one would think the deep had gray hair!

All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to his house and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a qesitah and a gold earring.

The kings of the earth take their stand,and the rulers conspire togetheragainst the Lord and His Anointed One:

The One enthroned in heaven laughs;the Lord ridicules them.

But You, Lord, are a shield around me,my glory, and the One who lifts up my head.

For You, Lord, bless the righteous one;You surround him with favor like a shield.

or they will tear me like a lion,ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

if I have done harm to one at peace with meor have plundered my adversary without cause,

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,but establish the righteous.The One who examines the thoughts and emotionsis a righteous God.

For the One who seeks an accountingfor bloodshed remembers them;He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.

For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

They lie to one another;they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

“Because of the oppression of the afflictedand the groaning of the poor,I will now rise up,” says the Lord.“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”

For the choir director. Davidic.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.There is no one who does good.

The Lord looks down from heaven on the human raceto see if there is one who is wise,one who seeks God.

All have turned away;all alike have become corrupt.There is no one who does good,not even one.

The one who lives honestly, practices righteousness,and acknowledges the truth in his heart—

who despises the one rejected by the Lordbut honors those who fear the Lord,who keeps his word whatever the cost,

who does not lend his money at interestor take a bribe against the innocent—the one who does these things will never be moved.

For You will not abandon me to Sheol;You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

It rises from one end of the heavensand circles to their other end;nothing is hidden from its heat.

Do not be far from me, because distress is nearand there is no one to help.

All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;all those who go down to the dustwill kneel before Him—even the one who cannot preserve his life.

The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,who has not set his mind on what is false,and who has not sworn deceitfully.

No one who waits for Youwill be disgraced;those who act treacherously without causewill be disgraced.

I have asked one thing from the Lord;it is what I desire:to dwell in the house of the Lordall the days of my life,gazing on the beauty of the Lordand seeking Him in His temple.

Davidic. A Maskil.How joyful is the onewhose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is covered!

Many pains come to the wicked,but the one who trusts in the Lordwill have faithful love surrounding him.

Many adversities come to the one who is righteous,but the Lord delivers him from them all.

He protects all his bones;not one of them is broken.

My very bones will say,“Lord, who is like You,rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,the poor or the needy from one who robs him?”

I went about grieving as if for my friend or brother;I was bowed down with grief,like one mourning a mother.

Be silent before the Lord and wait expectantly for Him;do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way,by the man who carries out evil plans.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Happy is one who cares for the poor;the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.

When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;he stores up evil in his heart;he goes out and talks.

Even my friend in whom I trusted,one who ate my bread,has raised his heel against me.

since the price of redeeming him is too costly,one should forever stop trying—

For one can see that wise men die;foolish and stupid men also pass away.Then they leave their wealth to others.

For the choir director: on Mahalath. A Davidic Maskil.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.There is no one who does good.

God looks down from heaven on the human raceto see if there is one who is wise,one who seeks God.