Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn't I serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence."

"He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.

When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey?neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.

Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred fifty men.

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears";

Was the LORD displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?

From beyond the rivers of Cush, my worshipers, even the daughter of my dispersed people, will bring my offering.

Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people's. They do not keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them to remain.

That which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut, you shall not offer to the LORD; neither shall you do thus in your land.

Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.

Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name among the three mighty men.

They do not eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they wash, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.)

It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.

but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Sea of Suf, and came to Kadesh;

For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also does the church;

Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.

He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."

Peter said, "Look, we have left our homes and followed you."

Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

Then he said to the disciple, "Look, your mother." From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.

If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won't his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD.

yet you in your manifold mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, "What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?

You are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.

The word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.

And when he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground, and could not speak.

Wrap up the testimony. Seal the law among my disciples.

He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.

The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.

You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before the LORD continually.

For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."

For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, 'You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.'"

And Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring near the ephod." For he wore the ephod at that time in Israel.

They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

He said to them, "This is that which the LORD has spoken, 'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.'"

nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own,

"'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD.

But many in the crowd believed in him. They said, "When the Messiah comes, he won't do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?"

I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense before him?

When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

Won't your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?

He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.

For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.

His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.

For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

They helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the army.

and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.

do not contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

And he went with him, and a great crowd followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides.

You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

The LORD said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?

For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

and he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you; he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.

"Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'If you will walk in my ways, and if you will follow my instructions, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by.

Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they do not regard the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.

"But the father said to his servants, 'Quickly, bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,

Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the territory of Beth Shemesh.

Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."

For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," just as it is written.

and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,

But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.

But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

Every heave offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present to the priest, shall be his.

But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"

What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?

Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

Whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" One of the king of Israel's servants answered, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."

of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he threshed the men of Succoth.

She said, "I will surely go with you: nevertheless, the journey that you take shall not be for your honor; for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

Nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand; that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers;

Jesus therefore called out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Therefore, when we could not stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

And They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

For thus says the LORD of hosts: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

The LORD says, "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

Arise, LORD. Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

They will hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;

But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.

How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him?

The residue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.

The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five.

The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark before the inner sanctuary; but they were not seen outside. And there it is to this day.

I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.'

besides that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.

At meal time Boaz said to her, "Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar." She sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it.

Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.

So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. There was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.

Now then do it; for the LORD has spoken of David, saying, 'By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.'"

"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."

Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God."

Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.

Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.

The Lord has become as an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel; he has swallowed up all her palaces and has destroyed its strongholds. He has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

that no flesh might boast before God.

He sent them forth to proclaim the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God."

But the temple servants lived on Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of the temple servants.

All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.

The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.

And He marveled because of their unbelief. And he went around the villages teaching.

Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

The crowds listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.

When Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

The LORD said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

The gatekeepers called out, and it was reported to the king's household within.

Now if we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, we guide their whole body.

You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.

You shall purchase food of them for money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink.'"

the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,

"Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life."

Woe to them. For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them. For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.

But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.

Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

May the LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given you from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."

not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

When he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. He greeted him, and said to him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?" Jehonadab answered, "It is" And Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David's head. He brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.

Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.

Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to the LORD. They shall come into the LORD's treasury."

and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.

I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."

If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty. If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'

Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, "Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; do not be afraid." He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."

Do not be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which the LORD shall choose,

John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

"Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."

He said, "Who are you?" She answered, "I am Ruth your handmaid. Therefore spread the corner of your garment over your handmaid; for you are a redeeming kinsman."

He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.

Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

They said, "This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil."

Then I brought up the leaders of Judah onto the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

and his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;

For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image in the form of anything which the LORD your God has forbidden you.

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "As you are, so were they; each one resembled the son of a king."

An oracle. The word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus; for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward the LORD;

Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people."

Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.

Now in the second year of their coming to God's house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the LORD's house.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.

When they heard this they were filled with anger, and began to shout, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians."

All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with their sound.

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.

So he called them in and lodged them. On the next day he arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

For David said, "The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,

But he said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.

When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the requirement of the Law,

Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.

When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and did not live in a house, but in the tombs.

"When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Seven."

They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance.

But you watch. "I have told you all things beforehand.

but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

And then he taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.

So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.

By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.

For he tore Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

The LORD said to Joshua, "Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.

And then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday gave a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.

The priest shall put on his linen garment, and he shall put on his linen breeches upon his body; and he shall remove the ashes from where the fire has consumed the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.

Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

The anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."

The children of Israel took all the spoil of these cities, with the livestock, as spoils for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They did not leave any who breathed.

You who boast in the law, do you, by disobeying the law, dishonor God?

When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Twelve."

The children of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." The woman took the child, and nursed it.

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram.

Even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you."

Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.

Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"

And he strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were loosened.

but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,

The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.

I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.

For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, "Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);

Not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.

You shall rule them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

He said, "Open the window eastward"; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot." and he shot. He said, "The LORD's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you shall strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them."

The sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda; five of them in all.

However we know where this man comes from, but when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he comes from."

In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.

Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

They set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with the children of Israel."

Moses said, "The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, 'I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.'

When he saw Jesus, he shouted, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me."

Therefore take notice, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them Solomon raised a levy of bondservants to this day.

But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, to Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.

Zebulun didn't drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.

Their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba;

He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed.

For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

and seventy-two thousand head of cattle,

Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil.

Those who went in front, and those who followed, shouted, "Hosanna. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not regarded you: they do not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up."

God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?" He said, "I am right to be angry, even to death."

You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense," says the LORD.

"Say to your brothers, 'My people.' and to your sisters, 'My loved one.'

"It shall happen at that day," says the LORD, "that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the officials; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder."

The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.

Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.

It happened the third day after I delivered, that this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.

He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.

For look, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'

but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.

"Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands

God spoke to Noah, saying,

"We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

When Joab and all the army who was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?"

And suddenly men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before him.

Blessed is the kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest."

They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to the LORD.

and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.

He has done violence to his temple, as if it were a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly. The LORD has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion. He has spurned in his fierce anger the king and the priest.

A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."

The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

And these are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Then the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead;' and the other says, 'No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'"

Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" Jehu answered, "What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me."

Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan." He said, "As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." They both went on.

Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and that she should even be deposed from her magnificence, whom all Asia and the world worships."

The king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

And when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.

Therefore show the proof of your love to them in front of the churches, and of our boasting on your behalf.

and were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.

She went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law told her.

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him. And his sleep fled from him.

When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.

'The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,' says the LORD of hosts; 'and in this place will I give peace,' says the LORD of hosts."

Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)

Therefore the Lord, the LORD of hosts, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.

and having a great priest over the house of God,

Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD. Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You shall have peace;' whereas the sword reaches to the heart."

Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

And those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

They did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

He stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands

Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the LORD concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.

One of his servants said, "No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom."

The servant who was set over the reapers answered, "It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.

The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to their voice, and make them a king." Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Every man go to his city."

Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Pharaoh says: "I will not give you straw.

The LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,

He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."

In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

"When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

"Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

So Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed.

They, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them.

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, immediately came and fell down at his feet.

There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

The people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.

And the report about him went out into all Syria, and they brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the City of David his father.

He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'"

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.

The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

So they struck him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.

Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

because we wanted to come to you?indeed, I, Paul, once and again?but Satan hindered us.

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, "Let her be defiled, and let our eye gloat over Zion."

All flesh shall see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched."'"

It shall happen, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

If the man said to him, "Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires"; then he would say, "No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force."

He said, "Blessed are you by the LORD, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich.

Then the king answered the woman, "Please do not hide anything from me that I ask you." The woman said, "Let my lord the king now speak."

He will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'

Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred ten years old.

He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

They said, "We saw plainly that the LORD was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD, our God.'

when you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

All the saints greet you, especially those who are of Caesar's household.

For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world."

You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.

But I will leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in the name of the LORD.

Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard it.

He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."

but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.

"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

Therefore I am full of the wrath of the LORD. I am weary with holding in. "Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.

Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, "Every man to his city, and every man to his country."

The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.

and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,

Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?"

They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, "Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. The LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed."

He took all the fat that was on the entrails, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it on the altar.

All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.

The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."

But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."

Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished."

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

Now when the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

Contend with your mother. Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.

the son of John, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

"As in the days of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things."

Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time.

Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

because it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day."

But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,

Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods. Therefore I will save you no more.

Joram said, "Get ready." They got his chariot ready. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;