"You are the ones who have always stood by me in my trials.

Zeruiah's son Joab served in charge of the army, Ahilud's son Jehoshaphat was his personal archivist,

Solomon's annual revenue was 666 talents of gold,

"Let's go to the neighboring town," he replied, "so I can preach there, too, because that's why I came."

But do this gently and respectfully, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak evil of your good conduct in the Messiah will be ashamed of slandering you.

From above the canopy that was spread out over their heads, there appeared to be something reminiscent of a throne, resembling sapphire in form.

Of course, there must be factions among you to show which of you are genuine!

then the two must be brought to the city gate and there they must be stoned to death the girl because she was in a city but did not cry out for help, and the man who abused a woman who was engaged to another man. By doing this you are to remove this evil from among you.

Can any of you add an hour to the length of your life by worrying?

For a will is in force only when somebody has died, since it never takes effect as long as the one who made it is alive.

But my harp is in mourning; my flute plays only songs for those who are weeping."

A spring cannot pour both fresh and brackish water from the same opening, can it?

But if anyone has caused grief, he didn't cause me any grief. To some extent I don't want to emphasize this too much it has affected all of you.

Joshua spent that night in the camp among the army. In the morning, Joshua got up early, mustered his army, and set off for Ai, accompanied by the elders of Israel in full view of the army.

Eventually, Daniel appeared before me. (He is called Belteshazzar, in accordance with the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is within him.) I told him my dream:

Then Moses told Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Take the leftovers from the grain offering and the offerings made by fire and eat the unleavened bread beside the altar, because it is most holy to the LORD.

Jacob also married Rachel, since he loved her. He served Laban another full seven years' work for Rachel.

For the LORD will judge the nations. Judge me according to my righteousness, LORD, and according to my integrity, Exalted One.

"I have read the letter that you sent me. I'll do what you've asked about the cedar and cypress timber.

So they arrested Athaliah, took her out through the same entrance used by the horses for entering the king's palace, and executed her.

Jesus answered him, "If I have said anything wrong, tell me what it was. But if I have told the truth, why do you hit me?"

Then he called out to the LORD and asked him, "LORD my God, have you also brought evil to this dear widow with whom I am living as her guest? Have you caused the death of her son?"

It is not that we are trying to rule over your faith, but rather to work with you for your joy, because you have been standing firm in the faith.

You will turn your power against your adversaries, and all of your enemies will be cut down."

They sent messengers and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and asked, "What are we to do with the Ark of the God of Israel?" They said, "Let the Ark of the God of Israel move to Gath." So they moved the Ark of the God of Israel.

Here is a copy of the letter that Trans-Euphrates Governor Tattenai, Shethar-bozenai, and his colleagues the Trans-Euphrates Persians sent to King Darius.

"If a man is guilty of a capital offense, is executed, and then is impaled on a tree,

The woman responded to Elijah, "Now at last I've really learned that you are a man of God and that what you have to say about the LORD is the truth."

However, our attractive parts don't need this. But God has put the body together and has given special honor to the parts that lack it,

so that there might be no disharmony in the body, but that its parts should have the same concern for each other.

The scouts observed a man coming out of the city and they promised him, "Please show us the entrance to the city and we'll deal kindly with you."

If we have built an altar for ourselves intended to turn us away from following the LORD, or to offer burnt offerings, grain offerings, or peace offerings on it, may the LORD himself demand an accounting from us!

Later, Ziba told the king, "Your servant will do everything that your majesty the king commands him." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table like one of the king's sons.

They answered them: "Yes, he's right there ahead of you. Hurry, for he came to town just today because there is a sacrifice for the people on the high place today.

who fathered Serug, who fathered Nahor, who fathered Terah,

and, "Now we call the arrogant one blessed. Those who do evil prosper and those who challenge God escape the consequences.'"

The Portion of Jacob is not like these. He made everything, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.

However, stretch out your hand and strike his bones and flesh, and he'll curse you to your face, won't he?"

"Therefore, since you determined to build a temple for my name, you acted well, because it was your choice to do so. Nevertheless, you are not to build the Temple, but your son who will be born to you is to build a temple for my name.'

You see, heaven even the highest heavens belongs to the LORD, along with the earth and all that is in it,

He is always doing great things that cannot be explained, countless awesome deeds.

Afterwards, though, Amnon hated her very intensely. As a result, his hatred for her exceeded the love that he had previously for her. So Amnon told her, "Get up! Leave!"

The genealogies of Simeon's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

I'm giving you, your sons, and your daughters as a prescribed portion forever all the raised offerings of the consecrated things that the Israelis offer to the LORD. It's a salt covenant forever before the LORD with you and your descendants with you."

Now I have been constructing a magnificent Temple dedicated to you that will serve as a place for you to inhabit forever."

"Should that slave say to you, "I won't leave you,' because he loves you and your household, and it was good for him to be with you,

Abraham's descendants were Isaac and Ishmael.

so the Israelis set out from the Sinai Wilderness until the cloud settled in the Paran Wilderness,

Armed men preceded the priests who were blowing the trumpets, and a rear guard followed the ark, while the trumpets continued to blow.

So Pharaoh assigned men to Abram, and they escorted him, his wife, and all that he had out of the country.

Consider how the lilies grow. They don't work or spin yarn, but I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them.

Saul's sentries in Gibeah of Benjamin watched as the camp was in disarray, going this way and that.

When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber.

Back in the house, the disciples asked him about this again.

After all, if it is the will of God, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong.

Again he said, "To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

Every sensible person acts from knowledge, but a fool demonstrates folly.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!"

Then he told them, "You don't understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables?

"I have destroyed nations their fortifications are deserted. I have turned their main thoroughfares into wastelands where no one will travel. Their cities are desolate; as a result, not one man remains no, not even a single resident.

But if the person has no related redeemer to whom compensation may be made, the payment is to be brought to the LORD and given to the priest, in addition to a ram for atonement with which he is to be atoned.

if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure,

The adversary captures them with a hook, gathering them up in a fishing net. He collects them with a dragnet, rejoicing and gloating over his catch.

Paul replied, "Whether quickly or not, I wish to God that not only you but everyone listening to me today would become what I am except for these chains!"

He has forced me to live in darkness, like those who are long dead.

Then you'll learn that I am the LORD, because you didn't live by my statues or obey my ordinances. Instead, you obeyed the ordinances of the nations around you."'"

That day will be filled with wrath, a day of trouble and tribulation, a day of desolation and devastation, a day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows,

The king's scribes were summoned at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, and everything that Mordecai commanded the Jewish people, the regional authorities, the governors, and the provincial officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush was written down for each province according to its script, for each people according to their language, and for the Jewish people according to their script and language.

So Jeroboam and all the people went back to Rehoboam on the third day, just as they had been directed when the king said, "Come back again in three days."

But for the one who hates him, he will repay him by destroying him. He will not delay dealing with someone who hates him.

The words spoken by the wise are gracious, but the lips of a fool will devour him.

Because the angel of the LORD said these things to all of the Israelis, the people wept out loud,

After giving them a severe beating, they threw them in jail and ordered the jailer to keep them under tight security.

You and God are witnesses of how pure, honest, and blameless our conduct was among you who believe.

But Hadad escaped to Egypt in the company of some of his father's Edomite servants, while Hadad was still a little child.

Better to be humble among the poor, than to share what is stolen with the proud.

"However, your ancestors didn't go up. Instead, they rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

You'll plant, but you won't reap. You'll crush the olive harvest, but you'll have no oil to anoint yourself. You'll tread out the grapes, but you'll never drink wine.

The written notice of the charge against him read, "The king of the Jews."

By me leaders rule, as do noble officials and all who govern justly.

all of a sudden the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with an unsheathed sword in his hand! The donkey turned off the road and went into an open field. Balaam started beating the donkey in order to turn her back to the road,

Jerusalem sinned greatly, and she became unclean. All who honored her now despise her, because they saw her naked. She herself groans and turns her face away.

"My punishment is too great to bear," Cain told the LORD.

Even though he is fruitful compared to his relatives, an east wind will come, the LORD's wind storm from the wilderness, and his spring will evaporate. His fountain will dry up, and the LORD's wind storm will plunder all the expensive vessels of the treasury.

I'll remember my covenant between me and you and every living creature, so that water will never again become a flood to destroy all living beings.

or to governors who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

He will take the best products of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves and give them to his servants.

Those who are wise store up knowledge, but when the fool speaks, destruction is near.

I opened the door for my beloved, but my beloved had turned away; he was gone! My very life went out when he departed. I searched for him, but couldn't find him. I called out to him, but he didn't answer.

They gave Hebron to Caleb, just as Moses had promised, and he drove out the three sons of Anak from there.

For the LORD your God who is among you is a jealous God. He will turn his anger against you and destroy you from the surface of the land."

All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

I'll oppose you with vicious rage. Indeed, I myself will punish you seven fold on account of your sins.

at twilight, during the evening, even during the darkest part of the night.

After this, the LORD afflicted the child that Uriah's wife had born to David, and the child became very ill. David begged God on behalf of the youngster. He fasted, went inside, and spent the night lying on the ground.

The name of the first one is Pishon it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and interdicted Ramah by building fortifications around it so no one could enter or leave to join King Asa of Judah.

Here's a list of their names: Ben-hur from the hill country of Ephraim;

And I'll be angry and will kill you with swords, and your wives will become widows and your children orphans.

"Then all of you approached me and said: "Let's send out men in advance of us so they can survey the land and bring back a report to us on how we'll go up to their cities.'

Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you have built beautiful houses and lived in them,

The adversary seized in his hands everything she valued. She watched the nations enter her sanctuary; those you forbade to enter your place of meeting.

It's good for you to give thanks, but it does not build up the other person.

But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

But if you do not forgive, your Father in heaven will not forgive your sins."

It is to be a sign on your hand and an emblem on your forehead, because the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong show of force.'"

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother.

The genealogies of Judah's descendants were recorded individually, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as were the names of all the men 20 years and above who could serve in the army.

If the household is receptive, let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive, let your blessing of peace return to you.

I will display wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below: blood, fire, and clouds of smoke.

thieves, greedy people, drunks, slanderers, and robbers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

""But now I will not treat the survivors of this people as I did formerly,' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

So King Darius signed the edict contained in the written document.

Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums, the necromancers, the household gods, the idols, and every despicable thing that could be seen in the territory of Judah and in Jerusalem, so that he might confirm the words of the Law that had been written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the LORD's Temple.

Save others by snatching them from the fire. To others, show mercy with fear, hating even the clothes stained by their sinful lives.

A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who will not prophesy?

For if I preach voluntarily, I get a reward, but if I am unwilling to do it, I am still entrusted with that obligation.

By faith he established the Passover and the sprinkling of blood to keep the destroyer of the firstborn from touching the people.

The daughters of Jerusalem, I'm dark and lovely like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Were you behind this, your majesty, without letting your servants know who would sit on your majesty's throne after him?"

The LORD made Pharaoh's heart stubborn so that he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had told Moses.

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the stone will come back on whoever starts it rolling.

I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel. forced, but voluntary.

He told them, "You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father."

Yes, even those who have died believing in the Messiah are lost.

"I therefore have withheld the rain from you three months before the harvest, causing rain to come upon one city, but not upon another, and upon one field but not upon another, so that it would wither.

"You'll be engaged to a woman, but another man will rape her. You'll build a house, but you won't live in it. You'll plant a vineyard, but you won't harvest it.

because the LORD corrects the person he loves, just as a father corrects the son he delights in.

For the slave who has been called to belong to the Lord is the Lord's free person. In the same way, the free person who has been called is the Messiah's slave.

Neither their silver nor their gold will deliver them in the Day of the LORD's wrath; but the entire land will be consumed by the fire of his jealousy, for he will bring the inhabitants of the land to a sudden end."

and say, "This person started a building but couldn't finish it.'

When the time comes for rebuilding your walls, that time will surely be extended.

The army of the tribe of Joseph scouted out Bethel, which had been formerly named Luz.

So Jacob went down to Egypt. Then he and our ancestors died.

The shields deployed by Israel's elite forces are scarlet, their valiant men are clothed in crimson. When they are prepared, the polished armament on their chariots will shine, and lances will be brandished about ferociously.

"Look, I will bring them up from where you sold them, I will turn your revenge back upon you,

The conspirators then went as a group and found Daniel praying and seeking help before his God.

"Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends, because God's hand has struck me.

So each man took his censer, put fire coals inside of it, placed incense in it, and then stood at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, accompanied by Moses and Aaron.

He got up and was baptized, and after eating some food, he felt strong again. For several days he stayed with the disciples in Damascus.

The exiles, the Israeli host, will possess the territory of the Canaanites all the way to Zarephath. The exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.

Then Jehoiada entered into a covenant with the LORD, the king, and the people, that they would live as the LORD's people, and also entered into a covenant with the king and the people.

"I am he," Jesus replied, "the one who is speaking to you."

So he let them do this. The unclean spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned there.

The wicked say to themselves, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."

Consider someone who is alone, having neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his work, and he is never satisfied with wealth. "So for whom do I work," he asks, "and deprive myself of pleasure?" This, too, is pointless and a terrible tragedy.

""Now who are you relying on, that you have rebelled against me? Look, you're trusting on Egypt to lean on like a staff, but it's a crushed reed, and if you lean on it, it will collapse and pierce your hand. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is just like that to everyone who relies on him!

"Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink

Then two of the men turned away from there and walked toward Sodom, while Abraham remained standing in the presence of the LORD.

Like a gang of thieves that stalk a man, priests commit murder along the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes.

For he does not despise nor detest the afflicted person; he does not hide his face from him, but he hears him when he cries out to him."

And be sure that you don't fail to provide their daily needs including young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings of the God of Heaven, along with wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as the priests in Jerusalem tell you

And when your children say to you, "What does this ritual mean?'

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

Then Balak told Balaam, "Don't curse them or bless them!"

But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word, understands it, and produces a crop that yields 100, 60, or 30 times what was sown."

But if you don't obey the LORD and rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then the LORD will turn against you as he did against your ancestors.

Because I tell all of you, none of those men who were invited will taste anything at my banquet.'"

The man who had been dead sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Then the king turned to face the entire congregation of Israel while the congregation of Israel remained standing.

His parents replied, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

They were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought at a high price from Hamor's descendants in Shechem.

Moses gave you the Law, didn't he? Yet none of you is keeping the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?"

Wise use of possessions is good; it brings benefit to the living.

The people left the town and started on their way to him.

For in the first place, I hear that when you gather as a church there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.

Once he was useless to you, but now he is very useful both to you and to me.

Therefore their possessions will be seized as plunder and their homes left in ruins. They may build houses, but they won't live in them. They may plant vineyards, but they won't drink their wine."

"Then the LORD told me, "Get going! Go down from here at once! Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned quickly from the way that I commanded them, and have cast an idol for their use.'

Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they would fall down in front of him and scream, "You are the Son of God!"

"As the LORD lives," the king said with an oath, "who has redeemed me from all sorts of troubles,

And in his name unbelievers will hope."

Then the LORD told me, "Throw the money into the treasury that magnificent value they placed on me!"

The master of that servant had compassion and released him, canceling his debt.

I prefer to make my appeal on the basis of love. I, Paul, as an old man and now a prisoner of the Messiah Jesus,

The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.

"Therefore I will make you ill when I attack you; I will bring you to ruin because of your offenses.

Shephatiah's descendants: 372

That's how Israel came to be in rebellion against David's dynasty to this day.

"When you enter your countrymen's vineyard, you may eat the grapes to your satisfaction, but don't take any in a basket.

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "God be merciful to you, Lord! This must never happen to you!"

"Don't call conspiracy everything that this people calls conspiracy, and don't fear what they fear, or live in terror.

Brothers, you remember our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not become a burden to any of you while we proclaimed the gospel of God to you.

They dedicated gifts for the maintenance of the Temple of the LORD from spoils of war.

when what you dread comes like a storm, and your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

The dove returned to him in the evening, but in its beak there was an olive leaf that it had plucked! So Noah knew that the flood waters had decreased on the land.

"Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, "Your sins are forgiven,' or "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk'?

A man from there answered: "Now who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

Then the LORD instructed Aaron, "You are not to have any inheritance in the land, nor are you to have any portion among the people. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelis.

However, he may eat the food of his God, including the most holy and the holy offerings,

But he sternly ordered them again and again not to tell people who he was.

"Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we have in God's presence because of you?

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot dine with the Lord and dine with demons,

and those who use the things in the world as though they were not dependent on them. For the world in its present form is passing away.

Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.

the elder and the dignitary is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.

"No one patches an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.

""During those years, many will rebel against the southern king. The more violent ones among your people will rebel in order to fulfill this vision, but they will fail.

This is what the LORD says about all the wicked neighbors who strike out against the land I've given to my people Israel as their inheritance: "I'm about to uproot them from their land, and I'll uproot the house of Judah from among them.

"Is this not kept in reserve, sealed up with me in my treasury?

They are to do good, to be rich in good actions, to be generous, and to share.

The men of Israel went out from Mizpah, pursued the Philistines, and struck them down as far as a point below Beth-car.

Assemble the descendants of Levi in front of the appointed place of meeting, and assemble the whole congregation of Israel, too.

Whoever watches his mouth and tongue keeps himself from trouble.

"They didn't ask, "Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through the land of desert and pits, through the land of dryness and deep darkness, a land that people don't pass through, and where no one lives?'

and underneath the canopy, their wings spread out straight over their heads toward each other. They each also had two wings with which they covered themselves, one wing covering its body on one side and one wing covering itself on the other side.

Then the LORD will show great concern for his land, and will have compassion on his people.

Nor can the free gift be compared to what came through the man who sinned. For the sentence that followed one man's offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift brought justification, even after many offenses.

because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

Honorable wages lead to life; the salaries of the wicked, to retribution.

So they went quickly and found Mary and Joseph with the baby, who was lying in the feeding trough.

"If he can't afford a goat, then he is to bring to the LORD for his sin offering two turtledoves or two young doves: one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

So they were glad to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.

I will transform the lame into survivors, and those who were scattered into a strong nation; and the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion, now and forever."

He will not snap off a broken reed or snuff out a smoldering wick until he has brought justice through to victory.

Being bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to slander glorious beings. Yet even angels, although they are greater in strength and power, do not bring a slanderous accusation against them from the Lord.

Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan,

All her people groaned as they searched for food. They traded their valuables in order to eat, to keep themselves alive. Look, LORD, and see how I have become dishonored.

Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and sorcerers, and they along with the Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their secret arts.

You who live under siege, Gather up your bundle from the ground.

The people served the LORD during the entire lifetime of Joshua as well as the lifetimes of all the elders who outlived Joshua and who had observed all the great deeds that the LORD had done for Israel.

I'll tear down the wall that you've smeared with whitewash, level it to the ground, and tear out its foundation. Then it will collapse and you'll perish with it! Then you'll know that I am the LORD.

Now as to your gods, if you find someone has them in their possession, he's a dead man. Take our relatives as witnesses, search through our belongings, and take whatever belongs to you that's in my possession." But Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, along with their armies, about 15,000 men who survived from the entire army of the group from the east, since 120,000 swordsmen had already fallen.

But I, because of the abundance of your gracious love, may come into your house. In awe of you, I will worship in your holy Temple.

So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they attacked the city with swords, but they let the man and his entire family escape.

When all of Israel saw that the king wasn't listening to them, the people responded to the king's message, "What's the point in following David? We have no inheritance in the descendants of Jesse. Let's go home, Israel! David, take care of your own household!' So Israel left for home.

"We may eat from the trees of the garden," the woman answered the Shining One,

Jesus answered them, "I performed one action, and all of you are astonished.

The stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree drops its fruit when it is shaken by a strong wind.

These are the things that make a person unclean. But eating with unwashed hands doesn't make a person unclean."

The descendants of Levi also calmed all the people by saying, "Be still, for the day is holy. Don't be sorrowful!"

Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

one tenth of an ephah for each of the seven lambs,

Suppose a man wearing gold rings and fine clothes comes into your assembly, and a poor man in dirty clothes also comes in.

Perhaps the king will listen and deliver his humble servant from the oppression of the man who intends to eliminate both me and my son from what God has apportioned to us!'

Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

So Solomon said:

I especially ask you to do this so that I may be brought back to you sooner.

Has this house that is called by my name become a hideout for bandits in your eyes? Look, I'm watching," declares the LORD.

Now may our God and Father and our Lord Jesus provide a way for us to visit you.

From: Artaxerxes, King of Kings To: Ezra, the Priest, a scholar in matters concerning the laws of the God of Heaven Greetings!

"Those in the Negev will possess Esau's Mountain, and those in the Shephelah the Philistines. They will possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria, while Benjamin will possess the territory of Gilead.

Then I noticed the man dressed in linen who wore the writing case by his side as he brought back this message: "I've done as you have commanded me."

She looked around and there was the king, standing near a column, as was the royal custom! He was accompanied by the commanding officers, along with trumpeters who stood beside the king. All the people of the land sounded trumpets in their excitement. But Athaliah tore her clothes and bellowed, "It's a plot! A conspiracy!"

These descendants of Gad were army leaders. The least of them was equal to a hundred other soldiers and the greatest to a thousand.

To the Jews I became like a Jew in order to win Jews. To those under the Law I became like a man under the Law, in order to win those under the Law (although I myself am not under the Law).

I have this as my salvation: the godless person won't be appearing before him.

So go! I am sending you to Pharaoh. Bring my people the Israelis out of Egypt."

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but obeying God's commandments is everything.

Right then, Chenaanah's son Zedekiah approached Micaiah and struck him on the cheek. Then he asked him, "How did the Spirit of the LORD move from me to speak to you?"

Then the LORD instructed Moses:

"I have said these things to you in figurative language. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

and so that the LORD may fulfill his promise that he spoke about me when he said, "If your sons pay attention to how they live by walking truthfully in my presence with all their heart and with all their soul, you will never lack a man on the throne of Israel.'

Gather the people! Dedicate the congregation! Bring in the elders. Gather the youngsters and even the nursing infants. Call the bridegroom from his wedding preparations, and the bride from her dressing room.

Mephibosheth fathered a son named Mica, and everyone who lived in Ziba's house became Mephibosheth's servants.

Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.

Then he told me, "Go on through that entrance, so you may see the wicked, detestable things that they're committing here."

So after thinking it over carefully, I accused the officials and nobles openly, "Every one of you is charging your fellow countrymen interest!" So I opened a public investigation against them.

Elijah also spoke to him, "Elisha, remain here on this side, please, because the LORD is sending me to Jericho." But Elisha responded, "As the LORD lives, and while you're still alive, I'm not going to leave you!" So they went to Jericho.

Solomon also appointed twelve governors over all of Israel, each of whom were responsible for providing one month's food provisions to the king and to his administration during each year.

Everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called.

In the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day of the month until the evening of the twenty-first day of the month, you are to eat unleavened bread.

Then the army of the tribe of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

Because this suggestion seemed good to me, I chose twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

So they couldn't catch him before the people in what he said. Amazed at his answer, they became silent.

expelling all your enemies before you, as the LORD said."

I told you, "I am the LORD your God. You are not to fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you'll be living."' But you haven't obeyed what I said."

The goods confiscated in excess of the war implements that the warriors had gathered included 675,000 sheep,

Wisdom characterizes the speech of the discerning, but the rod is for the backs of those lacking discernment.

Governor Rehum and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away,

Lord, in view of all your righteous acts, please turn your anger and wrath away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people have become an embarrassment to all of those around us.

As David's son Solomon consolidated his administration, the LORD his God was with him to make him very successful.

The man's wife grabbed a sheet, covered the mouth of the well with it, and spread some dried grain over it. As a result, nobody could tell it was a hiding place.

Jehu ordered, "Take them alive!" So Jehu's soldiers captured them and executed all 42 of them near the pit at the shearing house. He left none of them alive.

He told them, "It's one of you Twelve, the one who is dipping his bread into the bowl with me.

Noah's sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham later fathered Canaan.)

Return to your fortress, you prisoners who have hope. Even today I am telling you: In return I will repay you double.

Then a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "The great city Babylon will be thrown down violently and will never be found again.

of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

Uncleanness has soiled her skirts, and she gave no thought to what would follow. She fell in such a startling way, with no one to comfort her. Look, LORD, upon my affliction, because my enemy is boasting.

Therefore the Lord does not have pity on their young men, and has no compassion on their orphans and widows, because each of them was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke folly. "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike.

ostrich, nighthawk, seagull, hawks of every kind,

Say to them, "Kings of Judah, all Judah, and all the residents of Jerusalem entering these gates, hear this message from the LORD.

"The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day.'"

After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. Since Felix wanted to do the Jews a favor, he left Paul in prison.

Then he called to me, "Look! The horses that went north have caused my spirit to rest in the north country."

Rise up, LORD! Raise your hand, God. Don't forget the afflicted!

But if, one day, infected flesh appears again in him, he is unclean.

Jesus told them, "You unbelieving generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me!"

and Azaz's son Bela, grandson of Shema, and great-grandson of Joel, who lived in Aroer, near Nebo and Baal-meon.

or you'll provoke the Lord to jealousy, won't you? Are we stronger than he is?

Then Herod secretly called together the wise men, found out from them the time the star had appeared,

During David's military campaign against Edom, when his army commander Joab had gone out to bury the dead, he killed every male in Edom.

I will be very glad to spend my money and myself for you. Do you love me less because I love you so much?

Crowds continued coming in even from the towns around Jerusalem bringing their sick and those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

Those registered with the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

Anyone who does not fall down and worship is immediately to be thrown into the blazing fire furnace."

They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the ancient prophets who has come back to life."

Then the LORD told Satan, "Very well then, he is under your control. Just preserve his life."

Very soon now, I'll pour out my burning anger on you. I'll complete expressing my anger at you, judge you according to your behavior, and repay you for all your detestable practices.

Then I'll come down and speak with you. I'll take some of the spirit that rests on you and apportion it among them, so that they may help you bear the burden of the people. That way, you won't bear it by yourself."

got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already fallen, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

So Elijah told the prophets of Baal, "Choose an ox for yourselves and you prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but don't set fire to the offering."

For this is what the LORD says: "I'm going to throw out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I'll bring distress on them so they'll experience it."

But whenever you go into a town and people don't welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

And seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could not say anything against them.

As a result, it was their descendants, whom he raised up to take their place, that Joshua circumcised. They had remained uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised during their journey.

Indeed, the Assyrians will be shattered at the LORD's voice, when he strikes them with his scepter.

"You may offer a bull or lamb that has one limb longer than the other or that is stunted as a free will offering, but it's not acceptable in fulfillment of a promise.

His mercy lasts from generation to generation for those who fear him.

even though they had seen my actions for 40 years. That is why I was indignant with that generation and said, "They are always going astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.'

ThenPharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile River to bathe while her maids walked along the river bank. She saw the container among the reeds and sent a servant girl to get it.

The guilt of my cherished people surpasses the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, without a hand to help her.

Then everyone who was seated in the Council glared at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Then their eyes were opened, and they knew who he was. And he vanished from them.

He began to teach in their synagogues and was continuously receiving praise from everyone.

"And I'll bring so much distress to people that they will walk around like the blind. Because they have sinned against the LORD, their blood will be poured out like dust and their intestines will spill out like manure.

so that, just as sin ruled by bringing death, so also grace might rule by bringing justification that results in eternal life through Jesus the Messiah, our Lord.

For as you eat, each of you rushes to eat his own supper, and one person goes hungry while another gets drunk.

Now the rest of the Joash's activities everything he did are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?

"King David," Bathsheba said as she bowed low in front of the king with her face to the ground, "your majesty, may you live forever."

The LORD God prepared a vine plant, and it grew over Jonah to shade his head and provide relief from his misery. Jonah was happy indeed, he was ecstatic about the vine plant.

With him we have sent the brother who is praised in all the churches for spreading the gospel.

The LORD will reign forever and ever."

Saul, his son Jonathan, and the people present with them remained in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Michmash.

and reconciling both groups to God in one body through the cross, on which he eliminated the hostility.

May it not befall you, all who pass along the road! Look and see: Is there any grief like my grief dealt out to me, by which the LORD afflicted me in the time of his fierce wrath?

Do your best to come to me soon,

So when Jesus saw how sad he was, he said, "How hard it is for rich people to get into the kingdom of God!

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, King Solomon sent the people back home, and they returned rejoicing and in good spirits because of the goodness that the LORD had shown to David, to Solomon, and to his people Israel.

The yoke of my sins was bound on, fastened together by his hand. They settled on my neck; he caused my strength to fail. The LORD placed me in the power of those I cannot resist.

Jesus answered him, "It has been said, "You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"

They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong.

Then your confidence will be flawless, and your security will keep you from terror.

There has never been a day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD was fighting on behalf of Israel.

Then Jesus told the disciples, "The time will come during which you will long to see one of these days when the Son of Man is with you, but you will not see it.

Fear gripped everyone, and they began to praise God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, and "God has helped his people."

The rest of Amaziah's accomplishments, from first to last, are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel, are they not?

Then all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.

"From the day I brought out my people Israel from Egypt I never chose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple where my name might reside. I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, then the ministry of justification has an overwhelming glory.

LORD, pay attention to me. Listen to the voice of my accusers!

In view of the present crisis, I think it is prudent for a man to stay as he is.

But when a stronger man than he attacks and defeats him, the stronger man strips off that man's armor in which he trusted and then divides his plunder.

Their throats are open graves. With their tongues they deceive. The venom of poisonous snakes is under their lips.

Granting that I have not been a burden to you, was I a clever schemer who trapped you by some trick?

The anger of a fool becomes readily apparent, but the prudent person overlooks an insult.

By making silver shrines of Artemis, a silversmith named Demetrius provided a large income for skilled workers.

They found written in the Law that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelis were to live in tents during the festival scheduled for the seventh month.

This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be able to keep ourselves strong in his presence.

Rather, as it is written, "Those who were never told about him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."

It was from this man's descendants that God, as he promised, brought to Israel a Savior, who is Jesus.

Have you become committed to a wife? Stop trying to get released from your commitment. Have you been freed from your commitment to a wife? Stop looking for one.

"Look how I'm blocking her path with thorns and building a wall to hinder her, so she can't find her way.

"Now then, haven't I come up apart from the LORD to attack and destroy this place? The LORD told me, "Go up against this land and destroy it!'"'"

Then I said, "Let them place a pure diadem on his head." So they placed the pure diadem on his head and clothed him with fine garments while the angel of the LORD was standing beside them.

You are to address the Israelis and tell them, "This is to be holy anointing oil for me from generation to generation.

With eyes full of adultery, they cannot get enough of sin. They seduce unsteady souls and have had their hearts expertly trained in greed. They are doomed to a curse.

He doesn't return again to his house, and his place won't recognize him anymore."

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come in awe to the LORD and to his goodness in the last days.

along with his associates, the leaders of the families, numbered 242, along with Amashsai, the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

The next day, they told Samson's wife, "Coax your husband to explain the riddle or we'll set fire to your father's house with you in it! You've invited us here to make us paupers, haven't you?"

But he told them, "It is I. Stop being afraid!"

Whoever heeds correction is on the pathway to life, but someone who ignores exhortation goes astray.

because he was teaching them like a person who had authority, and not like their scribes.

The name of the star is Wormwood. One-third of the water turned into wormwood, and many people died from the water because it had turned bitter.

Descendants of Shephatiah: 372

He practiced evil by not setting his heart to seek the LORD.

I lie down and sleep, I wake up, because the LORD sustains me.

"Just you wait!" declares the LORD. "The day will come when I stand up as a prosecutor, for I am determined to assemble the nations and to gather the kingdoms, in order to pour out my indignation upon them all of my fierce anger. All the earth will be consumed by the fire of my jealousy.

so that your giving may be done in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

If you have any iniquity, throw it far away. Don't let evil live in your residence.

the two kidneys with the fat on them by the loins, and the fatty mass that surrounds the liver and kidneys.

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be hurt by the second death.'"

May all of their wickedness come to your attention, and deal with them as you have done with me because of all my transgressions. For I am constantly groaning, and my heart is faint.

He will take your daughters for perfumers, cooks, and bakers.

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Administer true justice, and show gracious love and mercy toward each other.

If this weren't so, who can prove that I'm a liar by showing that there's nothing to what I'm saying?"

Sometime during the fifth year of the reign of Ahab's son Joram, king of Israel (while Jehoshaphat was still ruling as king of Judah), Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram ascended to the throne of Judah.

But he gave none of them to the descendants of Kohath, because their responsibility was to carry the holy things on their shoulders.

"For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon deserted Ashdod will be emptied at high noon; even Ekron will be uprooted.

Where can we go? Our brothers discouraged us when they said that the people are bigger and taller than we are. Their cities are tall and fortified to the sky, and we also saw the Anakim there.'

saying, "This is the blood of the covenant that God ordained for you."

So I watched the wicked being entombed. They used to come in and out of the Holy Place, but now they are forgotten in the city, where they used to work. This, too, is pointless.

and asked them, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How does he now see?"

I didn't sit in the company of those who have fun, and I didn't rejoice. Because of your hand on me, I sat alone, for you filled me with indignation.

But the word of God continued to grow and spread.

Jesus told him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than that."

It is not as though we did not have that right, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

But Hazael responded, "What? Who am I, your servant, that I should do such a horrible thing?" But Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram."

Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written this short letter to encourage you and to testify that this is to be the true grace of God in which you are to stand firm!

Others were saying, "He is Elijah." Still others were saying, "He is a prophet like one of the other prophets."

A large crowd kept following him because they had seen the signs that he was performing by healing the sick.

"Will not all of these ridicule him with mocking scorn? They will say, "Woe to the one who hordes for himself what isn't his. How long will you enrich yourself by extortion?'

Now if I practice what I don't want to do, I am admitting that the Law is good.

Each of them was given a white robe. They were told to rest a little longer until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers was completed, who would be killed as they themselves had been.

who fathered Abram that is, Abraham.

Keep far away from her, and don't go near the entrance to her house,

At that time Jesus had healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and had given sight to many who were blind.

He raises the poor up from the dust, he lifts up the needy from the trash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. Indeed the pillars of the earth belong to the LORD, and he has set the world on them.

When Zimri observed that the city had been captured, he retreated into the king's palace, set fire to the citadel, and died when the palace burned down around him

But Jesus went up on a hillside and sat down there with his disciples.

and sent them to Bethlehem. He told them, "As you go, search carefully for the child. When you find him, tell me so that I, too, may go and worship him."

Therefore he sacrifices to his fishing net, and burns incense in the presence of his dragnet, because by them his assets increase and he gets plenty of food.

"A wedding song we played for you, the dance you all did scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, but then you would not mourn.'

Do you have eyes, but fail to see? Do you have ears, but fail to hear? Don't you remember?

For if that which fades away came through glory, how much more does that which is permanent have glory?

So Jesus got up and followed him, along with his disciples.