- Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
by taking heed thereto according to thy word. - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:
but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. - I made a covenant with mine eyes;
why then should I think upon a maid? - Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
- Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- My doctrine shall drop as the rain,
my speech shall distil as the dew,
as the small rain upon the tender herb,
and as the showers upon the grass. - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love.