Day 157
And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage (Esther 3:2)
Day 156
Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love. (Nehemiah 13:22)
Day 155
Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. (Nehemiah 9:5)
Day 154
for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength. (Nehemiah 8:10)
Day 153
And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem, for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God. (Nehemiah 6:16)
Day 152
but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there. (Nehemiah 1:9)
Day 149
But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first house,wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy, so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard far away. (Ezra 3:12-13)
Day 148
“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the LORD his God be with him. Let him go up.’” (2 Chronicles 36:23)