14 And he went on to speak to them according to the counsel of the young men,+ saying: “My father, for his part, made YOUR yoke heavy, but I, for my part, shall add to YOUR yoke. My father, for his part, chastised YOU with whips, but I, for my part, shall chastise YOU with scourges.”+

3 After these things King A·has·u·eʹrus magnified Haʹman+ the son of Ham·me·daʹtha the Agʹag·ite+ and proceeded to exalt him+ and to put his throne above all the other princes that were with him.+

12 When the righteous ones are exulting,+ there is abundant beauty; but when the wicked ones rise up, a man disguises himself.+

13 Better is a needy but wise child+ than an old but stupid king,+ who has not come to know enough to be warned any longer.+