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Ezra 4:22
Be careful that you not be slack doing so. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

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Ezra 4:21
Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me.

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Ezra 7:23
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

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Esther 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for male and female slaves, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”

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