4 And take not only thankfulness away from among men, but also lifted up with the glorious words of lewd persons, that were never good, they think to escape the justice of God, that seeth all things and hateth evil. (KJV) 5 Oftentimes also fair speech of those, that are put in trust to manage their friends’ affairs, hath caused many that are in authority to be partakers of innocent blood, and hath enwrapped them in remediless calamities: (KJV) 6 Beguiling with the falsehood and deceit of their lewd disposition the innocency and goodness of princes. (KJV)
Greek Esther 16:4–6
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