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But he, as was the custom, extended the golden scepter with his hand, which was the sign of clemency, and she rose up and stood before him.

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

"All the servants of the king and all the provinces that are under his realm understand that anyone, whether man or woman, who enters the king's inner court, who has not been summoned, is immediately to be put to death without any delay, unless the king should happen to extend the golden scepter to him, as a sign of clemency, so that he will be able to live. How then can I go in to the king, when, for thirty days now, I have not been called to him?"

Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther . So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Yet he who holds a scepter like a man, like the judge of the region, cannot put to death one who sins against him.

All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah , nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

And in bonds she left him not, Till she brought him the sceptre of a kingdom, And authority over those that dealt tyrannously with him; She showed them also to be false that had mockingly accused him, And gave him eternal glory.

And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph , which is in the hand of Ephraim , and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah , and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt , on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.

And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

and taking the crown from the king’s head, and setting it upon her own head; yes, she struck the king with her left hand:

And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt : and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.