And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.