When the wicked rise, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last. But the word of God increased and multiplied.
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, people hide themselves.
And in every province and in every city, wherever the king's command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
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