“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,