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For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.

You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.

You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.

For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah

Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.

The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.

He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.

My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

Increase the days of the king’s life; may his years span many generations.

A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.

Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.

Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

Above the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the LORD on high is majestic.

How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.

A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—

…many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:

Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.

For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.

Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?

A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.

“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”

…and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.

And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.

And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”

But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”

Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.

But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,

…as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.

Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—

…so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.

Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.