But his mistress was sexually unfaithful to him, and then she left him to live in her father's home in Bethlehem in the territory of Judah. She had been living there for a period of about four months

"Don't wear material made from wool and linen mixed together.

"When you build a new house, install a parapet along your roof so that if someone falls from the roof, you won't bring guilt of bloodshed on your house."

"When the LORD your God destroys those nations whose lands he is about to give you, you must dispossess them and live in their cities and houses.

Later, Azariah died, as had his ancestors, and they buried him with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Jotham then reigned in his place.

Indeed, what can a person give in exchange for his life?

The next day Moses told the people, "You committed a great sin, and now I'll go up to the LORD, and perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."

But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. They were only about 200 cubits away from the shore.

By day the LORD will command his gracious love, and by night his song is with me a prayer to the God of my life.

The one who receives a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

Judas accepted their offer and began to look for a good opportunity to betray Jesus to them when no crowd was present.

David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and he lived in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not let David slip into Saul's control.

If only you were like a brother to me, like one who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outside I would kiss you, and no one would view me with contempt.

As a result, the LORD's wrath flared up against Israel, so he handed them over to domination by King Hazael of Aram and later into constant domination by Hazael's son Ben-hadad.

"Don't plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.

"Tell the Israelis that they are to bring to you pure oil made from beaten olives in order to keep the lamp burning continuously.

They thought that he was in their group of travelers. After traveling for a day, they started looking for him among their relatives and friends.

Then Judas, who was going to betray him, asked, "Rabbi, I'm not the one, am I?" Jesus told him, "You have said so."

To the descendants of Gershon (one of the Levitical families) from the half-tribe of Manasseh were allocated Golan in Bashan as a city of refuge for unintentional killers, along with its pasture lands, and Beeshterah with its pasture lands, for a total of two cities.

The arrogant mocker never loves the one who corrects him; he will not inquire of the wise.

How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men.

You are to hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, which have hooks of gold, and are set on four sockets of silver.

Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors.

King Jehoiachin of Judah surrendered to the king of Babylon (as did his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers) during the eighth year of his reign.

Since your vast business dealings filled you with violent intent from top to bottom, you sinned, so I cast you away as defiled from the mountain of God. I destroyed you, you guardian cherub, from the midst of the fiery stones.

"Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are!

Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham, O God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you who told me, "Return to your country and to your relatives and I'll cause things to go well for you.'

And if you haven't been faithful with what belongs to foreigners, who will give you what is your own?

"You are to make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.

They'll come and cry out with joy on the heights of Zion. They'll be radiant over the LORD's goodness, over the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and over the young of the flocks and herds. Their lives will be like a well-watered garden. They'll never again grow faint.

Then he stretched out his hand and grabbed the knife to slaughter his son.

Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in the Messiah, and my dear friend Stachys.

At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

"Declare and proclaim among the nations. Lift up a banner and proclaim. Don't conceal anything. Say, "Babylon will be captured. Bel will be disgraced, and Marduk will be destroyed. Her idols will be disgraced, and her filthy images will be destroyed.'

I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."

In the ninth year, in the tenth month, and on the tenth day of the month, this message came to me from the LORD:

A message concerning Arabia. "You will camp in the thickets in Arabia, you caravans of the Dedanites.

"Should the one who is fighting the Almighty find fault with him? Let God's accuser answer."

So Jabesh's son Shallum conspired against him and attacked him in full view of the people, killed him, and reigned in his place.

"On the eighth day, he is to take two lambs without defect, a one year old ewe lamb without defect, one third of a measure of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a meal offering, and one log of oil.

because drunks and gluttons tend to become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Many people in the crowd spread their own coats on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

Now the people of Israel had taken a vow in Mizpah that went like this: "Not even one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a descendant of Benjamin!"

looked up, and saw Israel encamped in their respective tribal order. Just then, the spirit of God came upon him.

Now allotments were made with respect to the remaining descendants of Manasseh according to their families: for the descendants of Abiezer, the descendants of Helek, the descendants of Asriel, the descendants of Shechem, the descendants of Hepher, and the descendants of Shemida the male descendants of Joseph's son Manasseh, according to their families.

LORD, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn aside from you will be written in the dust, because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living water.

Instead, new wine is to be poured into fresh wineskins.

Finally, the woman died, too.

I'm going to pour out my indignation all over you. I'll blow my fierce wrath against you and deliver you into the control of brutal men who are skilled at destruction.

He makes the barren woman among her household a happy mother of joyful children. Hallelujah!

Why do you make evil the foundation of your boasting, mighty one? God's gracious love never ceases.

"I'm going to enter into a covenant with them, one of peace, and I'll eliminate wild beasts from the land so they can live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forests.

So Moses cried out to the LORD: "What am I to do with these people? Just a little more and they'll stone me."

You are to grind some of it fine, and put some before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting where I will meet with you. It is to be most holy to you.

You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water, streams flowing from Lebanon.

Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

"The descendants of Zadok, Levitical priests who took care of my sanctuary when the Israelis wandered away from me, are to come near me to minister to me. They are to stand before me to offer the fat and the blood to me," declares the Lord GOD.

Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite.

David restrained his men with his words and did not allow them to rebel against Saul. Saul got up from the cave and started off.

"Every Sabbath day, you are to offer two one year old lambs without any defects with two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with their corresponding drink offering.

God, hear my cry; pay attention to my prayer.

He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind!

Without warning a spirit takes control of him, and he suddenly screams, goes into convulsions, and foams at the mouth. The spirit mauls him and refuses to leave him.

"There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens with its lofty clouds to help you.

Then the priest is to make atonement for the entire community of the Israelis, and they will be forgiven for inadvertent sins. They are to bring their offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD, as well as their sin offering, into the LORD's presence on account of their error.

In his last words, Jacob issued this set of instructions to them all: "I'm about to join our ancestors. Bury me alongside my ancestors in the cave in the field that used to belong to Ephron the Hittite.

"I'll catch him while he is still tired and weak. I'll frighten him so all his people with him desert him. But I'll only kill the king.

After Moses had told all of this to the Israelis, the people deeply mourned.

Instead, they had several arguments with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who had died but Paul kept asserting he was alive.

In those days and at that time I'll cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he will uphold justice and righteousness in the land.

Look! The LORD has one who is mighty and strong, like a hailstorm and destructive tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing water and he will give rest to the land.

Jehoshaphat had ocean-going vessels from Tarshish sail to Ophir for gold, but they never made it because they were shipwrecked at Ezion-geber.

In mounting terror, he cried out, "How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God's house and the gateway to heaven!"

When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a half shekel and two bracelets for her wrists, weighing 10 shekels and presented them to her.

Then Sarai told Abram, "My suffering is your fault! I gave you my servant so you could have sex with her, and when she discovered that she was pregnant, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!"

You are to make my Sabbaths holy, and you are to let them serve as a sign between you and me, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'"

"The people heard and they quaked, anguish has seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

"Will you keep walking on the traditional path that sinners have tread,

"Israel, can't I deal with you like this potter?" declares the LORD. "Look, Israel, like clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.

"Men, I see that during this voyage there will be hardship and a heavy loss not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives."

from the Shihor east of Egypt as far as the border of Ekron on the north (which is considered part of Canaan). This includes the five rulers of the Philistines, the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, the Ekronites, and the Avvites.

When Balaam noticed that the LORD was pleased that Balaam was blessing Israel, he didn't behave as he had time after time before, that is, to practice divination. Instead, he turned with his face to the wilderness,

Condemnation is appropriate for mockers, just as beatings are for the backs of fools.

I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; indeed, my conscience instructs me during the night.

because those who find me find life and gain favor from the LORD.

How happy are those whose strength is in you, whose heart is on your path.

The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. A Davidic Psalm for the dedication of the Temple.

The king responded, "If he's alone, he's bringing some news to report." As the man continued to draw near and approach the palace, the watchman observed another man running. So he called out to the gatekeeper, "There's another man running by himself!" The king replied, "He's also bringing some news to report!"

Then he began to invoke a divine curse and to swear with an oath, "I don't know this man you're talking about!"

"He imparted weight to the wind; he regulated water by his measurement.

They release their children to play like sheep; their young ones dance about,

then passed away, dying at a ripe old age, having lived a full life, and joined his ancestors.

The king stood beside a pillar and made a covenant in the presence of the LORD: to follow after the LORD, to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all of his heart and soul, and to carry out what was written in the covenant contained in the book. All the people consented to enter into the covenant.

"Don't be afraid, because you won't be ashamed; don't fear shame, for you won't be humiliated because you will forget the disgrace of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

The city was breached, and the entire army left during the night through the gate that stood between the two walls beside the royal garden, even though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city. They escaped through the Arabah,

I'll bring you out from the nations and gather you from the lands where you were scattered. With a powerful hand, with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out,

"Before she goes into labor she gives birth; before her pains come upon her she has delivered a son.

Set up markers for yourselves. Erect signposts for yourselves. Pay attention to the highway, to the road you traveled. Return, virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.

Whoever rebukes a man will later on find more favor than someone who flatters with his words.

Like a fluttering sparrow or a swallow in flight, a curse without cause will not alight.

They asked him, "Let us sit in your glory, one on your right and one on your left."

"Dominion and fear belong to God; who fashions peace in his high heaven.

When all the captains of the armies, along with their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, these men visited Gedaliah at Mizpah: Nethaniah's son Ishmael, Kareah's son Johanan, Tanhumeth the Netophathite's son Seraiah, and Jaazaniah, who was descended from the Maacathites.

But who am I, and who are my people, that we make such voluntary offerings as these? For all things come from you, and from your own hand we are giving to you.

Flee from Babylon, and each of you, escape with your life! Don't be destroyed because of her guilt, for it's time for the LORD's vengeance. He is paying back what is due to her.

He ordered the centurion to guard Paul but to let him have some freedom and not to keep any of his friends from caring for his needs.

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then Jesus told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I'm doing these things."

A little gain with righteousness is better than great income without justice.

The king of Israel asked his servants, "Were you aware that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, but we aren't doing anything to remove it from the control of the king of Aram?"

Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way." To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. When the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

LORD, you will decide peace for us, for you have indeed accomplished all our achievements for us.

Blessed be your good judgment, and blessed be you, who today stopped me from shedding blood and delivering myself by my own actions.

For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is his allotted portion.

The king told him, "You take charge of five cities.'

This man Micah had his own shrine, had crafted his own ephod and some household idols, and had installed one of his sons as a priest.

But there was no water for the community, so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.

the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth and the twelfth amethyst.

After this, King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem,

Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes and had regular meals in the king's presence every day for the rest of his life,

Now the way may be distant from you, so that you are unable to transport your tithe because you have been blessed by the LORD your God and the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish his name may be distant from you.

"When a woman has a continuous discharge of blood many days beyond the time of her menstrual uncleanness, or if she has a discharge that lasts beyond the days of her menstrual uncleanness, her uncleanness is to be treated like the days of her menstruation she's unclean.

Then the LORD told Moses, "Go over in front of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

"Eleazar's son Phinehas, grandson of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from Israel. Because his zealousness reflected my own zeal for them, I didn't consume Israel in my jealousy.

You are to put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

The LORD spoke to Moses:

If a man disfigures his fellow, whatever he did is to be done to him also.

"If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, so that he exposes her nakedness and she exposes his nakedness, it's a shameful thing. They are to be eliminated from contact with their people in front of their people's children. He has exposed his sister's nakedness. He'll continue to bear responsibility for his iniquity.

Now after these things somebody told Abraham, "Look, Milcah has given birth to sons for your brother Nahor.

I told the LORD, "You are my master, I have nothing good apart from you."

No one has more authority in this house than I do. He has withheld nothing from me, except you, and that's because you're his wife. So how can I commit such a horrible evil? How can I sin against God?"

"Then the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the descendants of Levi in the middle of the camps. They are to travel just as they have camped, each as designated under his standard."

by your father's God who helps you, by the Almighty who will keep on blessing you with blessings from heaven above, with blessings from the deepest ocean, with blessing from the breasts and the womb.

"I could also talk like you if only you were in my place! Then I would put together an argument against you. I would shake my head at you

So King Solomon sent for Jehoiada's son Benaiah, who attacked and killed Adonijah.

So he went outside and cried bitterly.

"If that's the way it has to be," their father Israel replied, "then do this: take some of the best produce of the land in your containers and take them to the man as a gift some resin ointment, some honey, fragrant resins, myrrh, pistachios, and almonds.

Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

Do you understand his wondrous work of balancing the clouds, the one whose knowledge is perfect,

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod. Lots of water gushed out, and both the community and their cattle were able to drink.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

until the Spirit from on high is poured upon us, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest."

"After he was appointed king, the prince came back. He ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called so he could find out what they had earned by investing.

For on my holy mountain, on Israel's high mountains," declares the Lord GOD, "the whole of Israel's house all of it will serve me there in the land. I'll accept them there. And there I'll demand your offerings, the first fruits of your portions of all your sacred things.

""Now, Son of Man, tell this to the house of Israel: "You keep saying, "Our crimes and sins burden us so much that we're rotting away, so how can we keep on living?"'

Yes, it was for my own good that I suffered extreme anguish. But in love you have held back my life from the Pit in which it has been confined; you have tossed all my sins behind your back.

You must follow the LORD your God, fear him, observe his commandments, listen to his voice, serve him, and cling to him.

For my own sake Yes, for my own sake! I'm doing it; indeed, how can I be profaned? Furthermore, I won't give my glory to another."

By your favor, LORD, you established me as a strong mountain; Then you hid your face, and I was dismayed.

"When you take a census of the Israelis to register them, each is to give a ransom for himself to the LORD when they're registered so there won't be a plague among them when they're registered.

or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many baskets you collected?

He did what the LORD considered to be evil, after the pattern of Nebat's son Jeroboam. By doing so, he caused Israel to sin, and he never changed course from it.

and told him, "I would like to make a minor request of you. Please don't refuse me." "What is your request, mother?" the king asked her. "I won't turn you down."

Then one of the experts in the Law told him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us, too."

And the one who swears an oath by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.

Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,

and said, "Stop being afraid, Paul! You must stand before the emperor. Indeed, God has given to you the lives of everyone who is sailing with you.'

Then he bought a parcel of land for 100 pieces of silver from the descendants of Hamor, Shechem's father. He pitched his tent there,

"He is to take two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a whole burnt offering from the assembly of the Israelis.

Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

And the LORD will make heard yes, he will make heard his majestic voice, and make his arm seen descending in raging anger and in a flame of consuming fire, with a cloudburst, thunderstorm and hailstones.

"If I've put my confidence in gold, if I've told gold, "You're my security,'

David arose, ripped his clothes in anguish, and collapsed to the ground while all of his staff stood by with their own clothes torn.

Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the LORD's Temple and in the palace treasuries and sent them as a gift to the king of Assyria,

Be careful! Be sure to obey him. Don't rebel against him, because he won't forgive your transgression, since my Name is in him.

"You are to command the Israelis about my offerings that they are to be sure to bring edible offerings to me, presented by fire, and a pleasing aroma to me, at their appointed time.

A second time they said, "Hallelujah! The smoke goes up from her forever and ever."

Take both your sheep and your cattle, just as you demanded and go! And bless me too!"

A message concerning the pasture by the Sea. "Like whirlwinds in the Negev sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a distant land.

I also learned that the allotments for the descendants of Levi had not been distributed. As a result, the descendants of Levi and singers who were responsible for the service had each left to go back to their fields.

The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-ammi, and he is the ancestor of the Ammonites to this day.

Fear of God seized all of the kingdoms in the surrounding territories when they heard that the LORD had battled Israel's enemies.

He replied, "The man who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.

Your heart grew arrogant because of your beauty; you annihilated your own wisdom because of your splendor. Then I threw you to the ground in the presence of kings, giving them a good look at you!

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for 31 years in Jerusalem.

Then Abraham interceded with God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants so they could bear children,

"I've certainly heard Ephraim shuddering with grief as they said, "You have disciplined me, and I'm disciplined like an untrained calf. Restore me, and let me return, for you are the LORD my God.

the burning sands will become a pool, and the thirsty ground fountains of water. In the haunts of jackals there will be a verdant resting place with reeds and rushes."

He told his men, "God forbid that I should do this thing to your majesty, the LORD's anointed, by stretching out my hand against him, since he's the LORD's anointed."

Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

They renamed the city Dan, after the name of their ancestor Dan, who had been born in Israel. The former name of the city was Laish.

The virgins will rejoice with dancing, together with young men and old men. For I'll turn their mourning into joy, and I'll comfort them and give them gladness instead of sorrow.

He was in the Gate of Benjamin, and chief officer Irijah, Shelemiah's son and the grandson of Hananiah, was there. He arrested Jeremiah the prophet, accusing him: "You are going over to the Chaldeans!"

Jesus replied, "I told you that I am the one, so if you are looking for me, let these men go."

So I asked them, "What is the high place to which you're going?' That's why the name of the place has been called Bamah to this day."'

The LORD reigns let people tremble; he is seated above the cherubim let the earth quake.

Your hands made and formed me; give me understanding, that I may learn your commands.

As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners.

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Where's the profit in talking to him?'

"Don't plant two kinds of seeds in your vineyard. Otherwise, the entire crop will have to be forfeited, both the seed that you have sown and the produce from it.

You must be careful to do what the LORD your God commanded you, turning neither to the left nor to the right.

Then the descendants of Dan went on their way. Because Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back home.

If I don't know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.

Then the moon will be embarrassed and the sun ashamed, for the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem; and in the presence of its elders there will be glory."

Many claim "I'm a loyal person!" but who can find someone who truly is?

By examining him for yourself, you will be able to find out from him everything of which we accuse him."

Nebo, Baal-meon (after having changed their names), and Sibmah. The cities that they rebuilt were renamed.

Whoever gains wealth by charging exorbitant interest collects it for someone who is kind to the poor.

32,000 women who had not had sexual relations with a man.

Those who are prudent see danger and take refuge, but the naive continue on and suffer the consequences.

Indeed, a perverse man is utterly disgusting to the LORD, but he takes the upright into his confidence.

This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard and delivered him from all of his distress.

Frightened by the torture that she experiences, they will stand far away and cry out, "How terrible, how terrible it is for that great city, the powerful city Babylon, because your judgment arrived in a single hour!"

Instead, he lived like the kings of Israel did. He cast metal images of Baal,

Right about then, Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and rebuked him. "Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram and have not relied on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your control.

By the breath of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing waters stood up like a hill, the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.

Yet you dispense with fear of God and hinder meditations before God.

Jehoshaphat's military advisors came and informed him, "We've been attacked by a vast invasion force from Aram, beyond the Dead Sea. Be advised they've already reached Hazazon-tamar, also known as En-gedi."

Then let the trees in the forest sing out in praise, for the LORD is coming to judge the world.

So Joshua conquered the entire land, the hill country, the Negev, the Shephelah, and the wilderness highlands, along with all of their kings. He left none of them remaining, but completely destroyed every living person, just as the LORD God of Israel had commanded.

To the extent that I have been able to do so, I have provided supplies for the Temple of my God, including gold for what is to be made of gold, silver for what is to be made of silver, bronze for what is to be made of bronze, iron for what is to be made of iron, wood for what is to be made of wood, and great quantities of onyx, precious stones, antimony, colored stones, all types of other semi-precious stones, and plenty of marble.

Out of all these soldiers, 700 of them were left-handed and each one could sling a stone at a hair and never miss.

This message came to me from the LORD:

"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,

If you see your enemy's donkey lying helpless under its load, you must not abandon it; rather, you are certainly to return it to him.

Appropriate speech is inconsistent with the fool; how much more are deceitful statements with a prince!

When he heard the man of God curse the altar in Bethel, the king pointed at the man of God from where the king was standing at the altar. "Seize him!" he ordered. But all of a sudden his hand that he had stretched out dried up, and he could not bring it back to his side!

Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me, right here on a platter, the head of John the Baptist."

I've become a brother to jackals, and a friend to ostriches.

The border proceeded from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, then to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then the border curved toward Baalah (also known as Kiriath-jearim).

By all of your iniquity and unrighteous businesses you defiled your sanctuaries, so I'm going to bring out fire from within you and burn you to ashes on the earth before the whole watching world!

God was with the boy as he grew up. He settled in the wilderness and became an expert archer.

Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?"

So tremble, you ladies of leisure! Shudder, you daughters who feel so complacent! Strip down and make yourselves naked down to the waist! Then wrap yourself in sackcloth and beat your breasts.

After Jacob had arrived safely from Paddan-aram, he entered the city of Shechem, which was located in the territory of Canaan, and encamped facing that city.

The Israelis practiced secret things that were not right, offending the LORD their God. In addition, they built high places for use by all their towns, watchtowers, and fortified cities.

However, you must not eat these animals that chew the cud or have a divided hoof: the camel, hare, and rock badger. Even though they chew the cud, their hooves are not divided. Therefore they are unclean for you.

King Solomon made the sedan chair for himself from the trees of Lebanon.

On the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the vessels were distributed at the Temple of our God into the care of Uriah's son Meremoth the priest, Phinehas' son Eleazar, Jeshua's son Jozabad, and Binnui's son Noadiah, the descendants of Levi.

"Send men to explore the land of Canaan that I'm about to give to the Israelis. Send one man to represent each of his ancestor's tribes, every one of them a distinguished leader among them."

"Now as for you, Son of Man, grab a stick of wood for yourself and write on it these words: "FOR JUDAH AND THE ISRAELIS, HIS COMPANIONS' "Then grab another stick and write on it: "FOR JOSEPH, THE STICK OF EPHRAIM, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, HIS COMPANIONS'

The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures bowed down and worshipped God, who was sitting on the throne. They said, "Amen! Hallelujah!"

After Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates River succeeded him.

Jeremiah replied, "This message from the LORD came to me:

Do you instill the horse with strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?

"Listen to me, Jeroboam and Israel! Don't you know that the LORD God of Israel assigned the kingship over Israel to David and his descendants forever by a salt covenant?

"On the lamp stand itself there are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with their calyxes and flowers.

He lived for seventeen more years in Egypt, until he was 147 years old.

David went out and was successful everywhere Saul sent him, and Saul put him in charge of the troops. This pleased the entire army, as well as Saul's officials.

From Ephraim's tribe, Nun's son Hoshea;

Festus stayed with them no more than eight or ten days and then went down to Caesarea. The next day, he sat on the judge's seat and ordered Paul brought in.

If you find some honey, eat only what you need. Take too much, and you'll vomit.

A righteous person hates deceit, but the wicked person is shameful and disgraceful.

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints who are with them.

Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

The first servant came and said, "Sir, your coin has earned ten more coins.'

Meanwhile, the high priests and the scribes stood nearby and continued to accuse him vehemently.

"After all, you've taken collateral from your relatives for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing.

When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling for Elijah."

and said:

As I am praising him, I will call out to the LORD, and I will be saved from my enemies.

I will not die, but I will live to recount the deeds of the LORD.

Through patience a ruler may be persuaded; a gentle word can break a bone.

They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will build again the ruined cities, they will build again the places devastated for many generations.

Later, the other bridesmaids arrived and said, "Lord, lord, open up for us!'

From that time on, after David had observed that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he made his sacrifices there.

Now Laban happened to have two daughters. The older one was named Leah and the younger was named Rachel.

Asa began to reign as Judah's king during the twentieth year of the reign of Jeroboam as king over Israel.

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but learning comes easily to someone who understands.

Four things on earth are small, but they are very, very wise:

Did God's word originate with you? Are you the only ones it has reached?

Throngs of camels will blanket you: the young camels of Midian and Ephu; all those from Shebu will come. They'll carry gold and frankincense, and proclaim the praise of the LORD.

Jehoiada's son Benaiah, who was a valiant man, accomplished great things. He was from Kabzeel. He killed two men named Ariel from Moab and then he also went down into a pit and struck down a lion during a snow storm one day.

Let the families of earth recognize the LORD that he is glorious and powerful.

They laughed and laughed at him. But when he had driven all of them outside, he took the child's father and mother, along with the men who were with him, and went into the room where the child was.

After all of these acts of faithfulness occurred, King Sennacherib of Assyria came, invaded Judah, and laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself.

Please LORD, deliver us! Please LORD, hurry and bring success now!

by placing troops in all of the fortified citadels through Judah and by establishing garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities that his father Asa had captured.

in addition to the LORD's Sabbath regarding your gifts, your offerings in fulfillment of vows, and your freely given offerings that you will bring to the LORD.

"Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all you remnant of the house of Israel, who have been upheld from before your birth, and who have been carried from the womb.

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was talking about them.

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

For they are a rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to hear the LORD's instruction.

Then he told his young servant, "Go and look toward the sea." So he went and looked out to sea. "Nothing there," he said.

Saul told David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I'll give her to you as a wife. Just be an excellent soldier for me and fight the LORD's battles." Now Saul told himself, "I won't harm him myself. Instead, I'll let the Philistines harm him."

"If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, the two are to be put to death. They've committed a repulsive act. Their guilt will remain their responsibility.

Lift up your hands to the Holy Place and bless the LORD.

David subsequently issued orders to conscript the resident aliens who lived in the land of Israel and appointed stonecutters to prepare stones for building a temple for God.

The Israelis inquired of the LORD, since the Ark of the Covenant was there at that time

How can one person chase a thousand of them and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock delivers them and the LORD gives them up?

The person with the infectious skin disease is to tear his garments and loosen his hair. He is to cover his mustache and shout out, "Unclean! Unclean!'

They went to the high priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to taste any food before we have killed Paul.

"Sew tassels for yourself on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself."

If you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners do that.

When the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your ancestors to give you a land flowing with milk and honey you are to observe this ritual in this month.

The descendants of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

So he asked them at what hour he had begun to recover, and they told him, "The fever left him yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon."

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. After this, we arrived in Rome.

and the word of the Lord began to spread throughout the whole region.

They said, "Say that Jesus' disciples came at night and stole him while you were sleeping.

Now one omer is a tenth of an ephah.

From the north he brings gold; around God is awesome splendor.

Since the ear tests words like a palate tastes food,

"I will put up signs among them, and from them I will send survivors to the nations to Tarshish, Libya, and Lydia, (who draw the bow), to Tubal and Greece, to the far off coastlands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. Then they will proclaim my glory among the nations.

He also measured its wall. According to the human measurement that the angel was using, it was 144 cubits.

Have you listened in on God's secret council? Have you limited wisdom only to yourself?

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind that your ancestors ate. They died, but the one who eats this bread will live forever."

The rest of Abijah's accomplishments, including everything he undertook, are written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not? And a state of war continued to exist between Abijah and Jeroboam.

Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; he made all the weights in the bag.

"If he's done nothing wrong, not a hair of his head will be harmed," Solomon replied. "But if we find evil in him, he's a dead man."

Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and certain groups from the east gathered together, crossed the Jordan River, and set up camp in the Jezreel Valley.

when I create the fruit of the lips: Peace to the one who is far away or near," says the LORD, "and I'll heal him.

So Jonathan told David, "My father Saul is trying to kill you. In the morning be careful and stay hidden in a secret place.

I have sought you with all of my heart; do not let me drift away from your commands.

When those who practice evil, my enemies, and my oppressors come near me to devour my flesh, they stumble and fall.

So, then, the message from the LORD to them will become: "Do this and do that, do this and do that, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there," so that they will go, but fall backward, and be injured, snared, and captured.

"The LORD will banish you and your king whom you will appoint over you to go to a nation that neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you'll serve other gods of wood and stone.

When Hamor the Hivite's son Shechem, the regional leader, saw her, he grabbed her and raped her, humiliating her.

"The scattered ones of the LORD will return, and they will enter Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will be upon their heads; they will attain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

You will guide me with your wise advice, and later you will receive me with honor.

Then I heard the angel in charge of the water say, "You are just. You are the one who is and who was, the Holy One, because you have judged these things.

The LORD answered Job from the wind storm and told him:

Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him in Gihon, and they just left from there rejoicing, and that's why the city is all in an uproar. That's the noise that you've been hearing!

"On the eighth day, you are to call a sacred assembly. No servile work is to be done.

Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!"

Now the man from whom the demons had gone out kept begging Jesus to let him go with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,

So he asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus from Nazareth."

Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs saw what had happened, they ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside.

"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.

Uzziah kept on seeking God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to fear God, and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosperous.

So the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah both attacked Ramoth-gilead.

So they put on some sackcloth, tied their hair back with ropes, and approached the king of Israel. "Your servant Ben-hadad says this," they said. "Please let me live." "Is he still alive?" Ahab asked. "He's my brother."

Absalom continued to flee, eventually going to Ammihud's son King Talmai of Geshur, while King David continued to mourn for his son every day.

Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (also known as Hazor),

Nevertheless, the very next day, the whole congregation of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, "You've killed the LORD'S people!"

"You are not to turn to their idols or cast gods out of melted metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

This territory remains: all of the Philistine regions, including all Geshurite holdings

When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it.

(Now the flax and the barley were ruined because the barley was in ear and the flax was in bud.

All of them saw him and were terrified. Immediately he told them, "Have courage! It's me. Stop being afraid!"

Here is a summary of materials for the Tent of Meeting that was compiled at Moses' direction, the work of the descendants of Levi under the direction of Aaron the priest's son Ithamar.

From outside leading into the inner gate there were chambers for the choir. One was beside the north gate facing the south, and another was at the south gate facing the north.

Jonathan took off the robe that he had on and gave it to David, along with his coat, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew. Greet those in the family of Narcissus, who belong to the Lord.

Then the LORD told Joshua,

"Truly you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones. A thousand shields are hung upon it, all the shields of the warriors.

When she poured this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for burial.

Then Festus, wanting to do the Jewish leaders a favor, asked Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried there before me on these charges?"

So if Demetrius and his workers have a charge against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They should accuse one another there.

After a few years, he visited Ahab in Samaria. Ahab slaughtered lots of sheep and oxen for him, and the people who were with him persuaded Jehoshaphat to attack Ramoth-gilead.

Who isn't partial to princes? Who doesn't give preference to the nobles over the poor? Nevertheless, all of them are his handiwork.

"Then they will reply, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or as a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and didn't help you?'

Terrified, all of Adonijah's guests jumped up and ran away.

Teach me your way, LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.

These individuals were the ones whom Moses and Aaron registered from the twelve leaders of Israel, each person from his ancestral house.

Her husband is well known; he sits among the leaders of the land.

For the company of the godless is desolation, and fire consumes the tents of those who bribe.

To Edom: This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished among the prudent? Is their wisdom gone?

The list of those who participated in this service included: from the descendants of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph mentored by Asaph himself, who prophesied under the supervision of the king;

But his servant Zimri, who commanded half of his chariot forces, conspired against Elah while he was drinking himself drunk in the home of Arza, who managed the household at Tirzah.

I'll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

But he replied, "Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

The LORD told Moses, "I'll do the very thing that you have said, because you have found favor in my sight and I know you by name."

For the LORD your God has chosen them and their descendants from among your tribes to stand and serve in the name of the LORD all their lives."

He said, "Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, "The Teacher says, "My time is near. I will celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house."'"

Stone him to death, because he sought to lure you from the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the land of slavery.

The angel told me, "This south-facing chamber is for the priests who maintain the Temple,

After this, the angel of the LORD went out and put to death 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When Hezekiah's army awakened in the morning there were all the dead bodies!

When the entire community saw that Aaron had died, they mourned in memory of Aaron for 30 days.

But since it is a question about words, names, and your own Law, you will have to take care of that yourselves. I refuse to be a judge in these matters."

So let the fear of the LORD rest upon you, be on your guard, and act carefully, because with the LORD our God there is neither injustice, nor partiality, nor bribery."

Blessed is the one who does this, and the person that holds it fast, who observes the Sabbath without profaning it, and restrains his hands from practicing any evil.

Jonadab advised him, "Lie down and pretend to be sick. When your father visits you, ask him, "Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat that she prepares especially for me, and after she makes dinner for me, let her feed it to me personally.'"

But Lot kept urging them strongly, so they turned aside and entered his house. He prepared a festival and baked unleavened flat bread for them, and they ate.

Again they tried to seize him, but he slipped away from them.

And although the LORD gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers won't hide themselves anymore, but your own eyes will see your teachers.

Ahab had instructed Obadiah, "Go throughout the land to all of the water springs and to all of the valleys. Maybe we'll find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive. Also, maybe we won't have to kill some of our cattle."

LORD,even though our iniquities testify against us, do something for the sake of your name. Indeed, our apostasies are many, and we have sinned against you.

Come out, young women of Zion, and see King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day his day of great delight.

but David was not going before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword carried by the angel of the LORD.

He will lend to you, but you won't lend to him. He'll be the head, but you'll be the tail.

That's how Ahab died, just as his ancestors had, and his son Ahaziah became king in his place.

In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month it was the nineteenth year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard who served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When may I come and appear in God's presence?

The Jewish leaders told him, "We haven't received any letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or mentioned anything bad about you.

Someone told him, "Look! Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you."

This message came to me from the LORD:

For this is what the LORD told me: "Go post a lookout. Have him report what he sees.

You are beautiful, my darling, like Tirzah, lovely like Jerusalem, as awesome as an army with banners.

The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; a man experiencing the LORD's wrath will fall into it.

They took their bones, buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.

Saul told his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised people will come and run me through and make sport of me." But his armor bearer did not want to do it because he was very frightened, so Saul took the sword and fell on it.

You just defeated Edom and you're arrogant. Bask in your victory and stay home. Why incite trouble so that you yes, you! fall, along with Judah with you?"

"I will burn up Jeroboam's dynasty, as a man burns up manure until it is gone. Dogs will eat anyone who dies in the city that belongs to Jeroboam's household. The birds of the sky will eat anyone who dies in the open field, because the LORD has determined it.'

"I've taken off my clothes am I supposed to put them on again? I've washed my feet am I supposed to get them dirty again?"

He made its posts of silver, its back of gold. Its seat was purple, and its interior was lovingly inlaid by the young women of Jerusalem.

So Solomon observed the Festival of Tents at that time, as did all of Israel with him. A large assembly came up from as far away as Lebo-hamath and the Wadi of Egypt to appear in the presence of the LORD our God, not just for seven days, but for seven days after that, a total of fourteen days.

I will bless her. Furthermore, I will give you a son from her. I will bless her, so that nations, kings, and people will come from her."

No, the word is very near you it's within your mouth and heart for you to attain."

When Moses went down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated the people, and they washed their clothes.

As we drifted to the sheltered side of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the ship's lifeboat.

So Saul rose and went down with 3,000 select men of Israel to the Wilderness of Ziph, to look for David in the Wilderness of Ziph.

Come, let's make a covenant just between you and me. And let it serve as a witness between you and me."

Preserve your servant from arrogant people; do not let them rule over me. Then I will be upright and acquitted of great wickedness.

"You are not to fear other gods, bow down to them, serve them, or sacrifice to them. Instead, it is to be the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, showing great power and public demonstrations of might, whom you are to fear, worship, and to whom you are to offer sacrifice.

For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

Wrath can be fierce and anger overwhelms but who can stand up to jealousy?

When the king heard what was written in the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes

He also removed the male cult prostitutes from the land and destroyed all the idols that his ancestors had made.

"I've heard many things like this. What miserable comforters you all are!

I'm now sending for all the tribes from the north, declares the LORD, and for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I'll bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I'll utterly destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting desolation.

Ahithophel served as an advisor to the king, Hushai the Archite was the king's trusted associate,

I'll whet my shining sword, with my hands in firm grasp of judgment. I'll show vengeance on my adversary and repay those who keep on hating me.

If the God of my father the God of Abraham, the God whom Isaac feared had not been with me, you would have sent me away empty handed. But God saw my misery and how hard I've worked with my own hands and he rebuked you last night."

Then he asked Jehoshaphat, "Will you join me in battle against Ramoth-gilead?"

He stood still and called out to the ranks of Israel, "Why should you move into position for battle? Am I not a Philistine and you Saul's servants? Choose a man for yourselves to come down against me.

An oracle about the animals of the Negev: "Through a land of trouble, dryness, and distress, of lionesses and roaring lions, where there is no water, a land of vipers and darting snakes, he carries their riches on donkeys' backs, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot benefit them,

Let his flesh be rejuvenated as he was in his youth! Let him recover the strength of his youth.

For you are about to cross the Jordan River to go in and possess the land that the LORD your God is about to give you to inherit and live in.

I will visit you when I go through Macedonia for I intend to go through Macedonia

But Pilate wanted to let Jesus go, so he appealed to them again,

The king rejoices in your strength, LORD. How greatly he rejoices in your deliverance.

Let the witnesses be the first to begin executing them, then the rest of the people shall follow. By doing this you will purge evil from among you."

You are not to take a bribe because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the righteous.

We have a little sister, and she has not yet reached maturity. What will we do for our sister to prepare her for her engagement?

Your wickedness is great, isn't it? There's no limit to your iniquity, is there?

There was also another battle against the Philistines, when Jair's son Elhanan killed Lahmi the Gittite, Goliath's brother, whose spear was as big as a weaver's beam.

and arrived at the fortified city of Tyre and all of the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites.

where one night the LORD appeared to him. "I am the God of your father Abraham," he told him. "Don't be afraid, because I'm with you. I'm going to bless you and multiply your descendants on account of my servant Abraham."

Whenever Moses raised his hand, the Israelis prevailed, but when his hand remained at his side, then the Amalekites prevailed.

The victory had become an occasion for the army to mourn, because on that very day the troops heard the announcement, "The king is grieving for his son!"

As Moses was stripping Aaron's garments from him and clothing Aaron's son Eleazar with them, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Afterwards, Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified, the nobles of Moab trembled uncontrollably, and all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

Those in his division number 59,300.