and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.

Now above the expanse that was over their heads there was something resembling a throne, like lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a man.

For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.

then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them to death; the girl, because she did not cry out in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life’s span?

For a covenant is valid only when men are dead, for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.

“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?

But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree—in order not to say too much—to all of you.

Now Joshua rose early in the morning and mustered the people, and he went up with the elders of Israel before the people to Ai.

But finally Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream to him, saying,

Then Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his surviving sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that is left over from the Lord’s offerings by fire and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.

So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years.

The Lord judges the peoples;
Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.

So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message which you have sent me; I will do what you desire concerning the cedar and cypress timber.

So they seized her, and when she arrived at the horses’ entrance of the king’s house, she was put to death there.

Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?”

He called to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, have You also brought calamity to the widow with whom I am staying, by causing her son to die?”

Not that we lord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm.

Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries,
And all your enemies will be cut off.

So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” And they said, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath.” And they brought the ark of the God of Israel around.

This is the copy of the letter which Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his colleagues the officials, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king.

“If a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”

whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked,

so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

The spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city and we will treat you kindly.”

If we have built us an altar to turn away from following the Lord, or if to offer a burnt offering or grain offering on it, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings on it, may the Lord Himself require it.

Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table as one of the king’s sons.

They answered them and said, “He is; see, he is ahead of you. Hurry now, for he has come into the city today, for the people have a sacrifice on the high place today.

Serug, Nahor, Terah,

So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape.’”

The portion of Jacob is not like these;
For the Maker of all is He,
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
The Lord of hosts is His name.

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he shall build the house for My name.’

Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.

Who does great and unsearchable things,
Wonders without number.

Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up, go away!”

Of the sons of Simeon, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, their numbered men, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the Lord to you and your descendants with you.”

“I have surely built You a lofty house,
A place for Your dwelling forever.”

It shall come about if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you;

The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.

and the sons of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. Then the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.

The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while they continued to blow the trumpets.

Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Now Saul’s watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away; and they went here and there.

Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber;

In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again.

For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.

And again He said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
But a fool displays folly.

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

“I have cut off nations;
Their corner towers are in ruins.
I have made their streets desolate,
With no one passing by;
Their cities are laid waste,
Without a man, without an inhabitant.

But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution which is made for the wrong must go to the Lord for the priest, besides the ram of atonement, by which atonement is made for him.

If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;

The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,
Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

And Paul said, “I would wish to God, that whether in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these chains.”

In dark places He has made me dwell,
Like those who have long been dead.

Thus you will know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.”’”

A day of wrath is that day,
A day of trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and desolation,
A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,

So the king’s scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people according to their language as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language.

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, “Return to me on the third day.”

but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face.

Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;

When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely;

You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers;

that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy.

It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

“Yet you were not willing to go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God;

“You will sow but you will not reap.
You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil;
And the grapes, but you will not drink wine.

The inscription of the charge against Him read, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

“By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge rightly.

When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, the donkey turned off from the way and went into the field; but Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back into the way.

Jerusalem sinned greatly,
Therefore she has become an unclean thing.
All who honored her despise her
Because they have seen her nakedness;
Even she herself groans and turns away.

Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear!

Though he flourishes among the reeds,
An east wind will come,
The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will become dry
And his spring will be dried up;
It will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.

or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.

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

Wise men store up knowledge,
But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.

“I opened to my beloved,
But my beloved had turned away and had gone!
My heart went out to him as he spoke.
I searched for him but I did not find him;
I called him but he did not answer me.

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

for the Lord your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

“All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
Each in his own tomb.

then I will act with wrathful hostility against you, and I, even I, will punish you seven times for your sins.

In the twilight, in the evening,
In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.

The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.

These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

“Then all of you approached me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up and the cities which we shall enter.’

otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,

The adversary has stretched out his hand
Over all her precious things,
For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary,
The ones whom You commanded
That they should not enter into Your congregation.

For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.

But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face

[But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions.”]

So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and as phylacteries on your forehead, for with a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”

Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother;

Of the sons of Judah, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,

If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace.

‘And I will grant wonders in the sky above
And signs on the earth below,
Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,’ declares the Lord of hosts.

Therefore King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.

Moreover, Josiah removed the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

A lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

“I am black but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.

Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

And the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.

He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

whom I wished to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the gospel;

He *said to them, “My cup you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on My left, this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
While there were still three months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.

You shall betroth a wife, but another man will violate her; you shall build a house, but you will not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you will not use its fruit.

For whom the Lord loves He reproves,
Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord’s freedman; likewise he who was called while free, is Christ’s slave.

Neither their silver nor their gold
Will be able to deliver them
On the day of the Lord’s wrath;
And all the earth will be devoured
In the fire of His jealousy,
For He will make a complete end,
Indeed a terrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

It will be a day for building your walls.
On that day will your boundary be extended.

The house of Joseph spied out Bethel (now the name of the city was formerly Luz).

And Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.

The shields of his mighty men are colored red,
The warriors are dressed in scarlet,
The chariots are enveloped in flashing steel
When he is prepared to march,
And the cypress spears are brandished.

behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.

Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

“Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me.

So they each took his own censer and put fire on it, and laid incense on it; and they stood at the doorway of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.

and he took food and was strengthened.Now for several days he was with the disciples who were at Damascus,

And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
Will possess the cities of the Negev.

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they would be the Lord’s people, also between the king and the people.

Jesus *said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea.

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.

Now behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the Lord.

And as raiders wait for a man,
So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they have committed crime.

For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail,

And when your children say to you, ‘What does this rite mean to you?’

And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour?

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”

If you will not listen to the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the command of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it was against your fathers.

For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.’”

The dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Then the king faced about and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

From there they were removed to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

“Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?”

Wisdom along with an inheritance is good
And an advantage to those who see the sun.

They went out of the city, and were coming to Him.

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.

who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.

“Moreover, their wealth will become plunder
And their houses desolate;
Yes, they will build houses but not inhabit them,
And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”

Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go down from here quickly, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made a molten image for themselves.’

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”

The king vowed and said, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

“And in His name the Gentiles will hope.”

Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter, that magnificent price at which I was valued by them.” So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt.

yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—

He who loves transgression loves strife;
He who raises his door seeks destruction.

“So also I will make you sick, striking you down,
Desolating you because of your sins.

the sons of Shephatiah, 372;

So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

“When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat grapes until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your basket.

Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.”

“You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’
In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy,
And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it.

For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

They dedicated part of the spoil won in battles to repair the house of the Lord.

When your dread comes like a storm
And your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.

The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth.

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk’?

A man there said, “Now, who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

Then the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.

He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,

And He earnestly warned them not to tell who He was.

“All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land,” says the Lord of hosts.

For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account,

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the form of this world is passing away.

Timothy my fellow worker greets you, and so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

The head is the elder and honorable man,
And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.

But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.

“Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they will fall down.

Thus says the Lord concerning all My wicked neighbors who strike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel, “Behold I am about to uproot them from their land and will uproot the house of Judah from among them.

‘Is it not laid up in store with Me,
Sealed up in My treasuries?

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

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

So you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting. You shall also assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel,

He who guards his mouth and his tongue,
Guards his soul from troubles.

“They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord
Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who led us through the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and of pits,
Through a land of drought and of deep darkness,
Through a land that no one crossed
And where no man dwelt?’

Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.

Then the Lord will be zealous for His land
And will have pity on His people.

The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.

for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him.

The wages of the righteous is life,
The income of the wicked, punishment.

So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger.

‘But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord his guilt offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

“I will make the lame a remnant
And the outcasts a strong nation,
And the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on and forever.

“A battered reed He will not break off,
And a smoldering wick He will not put out,
Until He leads justice to victory.

whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a reviling judgment against them before the Lord.

and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan,

All her people groan seeking bread;
They have given their precious things for food
To restore their lives themselves.
“See, O Lord, and look,
For I am despised.”

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

Pick up your bundle from the ground,
You who dwell under siege!

The people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the Lord which He had done for Israel.

So I will tear down the wall which you plastered over with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation is laid bare; and when it falls, you will be consumed in its midst. And you will know that I am the Lord.

The one with whom you find your gods shall not live; in the presence of our kinsmen point out what is yours among my belongings and take it for yourself.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about 15,000 men, all who were left of the entire army of the sons of the east; for the fallen were 120,000 swordsmen.

But as for me, by Your abundant lovingkindness I will enter Your house,
At Your holy temple I will bow in reverence for You.

So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free.

When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying,
“What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
To your tents, O Israel!
Now look after your own house, David!”
So Israel departed to their tents.

The woman said to the serpent, From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;

Jesus answered them, “I did one deed, and you all marvel.

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”

So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.”

Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

a tenth for each of the seven lambs;

For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes,

For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy both me and my son from the inheritance of God.’

And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,

Then Solomon said, “You have shown great lovingkindness to Your servant David my father, according as he walked before You in truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have reserved for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

And I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares the Lord.

Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you;

“Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace. And now

Then those of the Negev will possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the Shephelah the Philistine plain;
Also, possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin will possess Gilead.

Then behold, the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the writing case reported, saying, “I have done just as You have commanded me.”

She looked and behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom, with the captains and the trumpeters beside the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”

These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army; he who was least was equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law;

“This also will be my salvation,
For a godless man may not come before His presence.

Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God.

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

so that the Lord may carry out His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons are careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and the nursing infants.
Let the bridegroom come out of his room
And the bride out of her bridal chamber.

Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

And He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations that they are committing here.”

I consulted with myself and contended with the nobles and the rulers and said to them, “You are exacting usury, each from his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.

Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.

Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year.

Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called.

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.

Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

The thing pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe.

And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.

by driving out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.

and I said to you, “I am the Lord your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live. But you have not obeyed Me.”’”

Now the booty that remained from the spoil which the men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,

On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found,
But a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.

Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows—

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off;

O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous acts, let now Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all those around us.

Now Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and exalted him greatly.

And the woman took a covering and spread it over the well’s mouth and scattered grain on it, so that nothing was known.

He said, “Take them alive.” So they took them alive and killed them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them.

And He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who dips with Me in the bowl.

Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.

Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.

Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer.

of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;

Her uncleanness was in her skirts;
She did not consider her future.
Therefore she has fallen astonishingly;
She has no comforter.
“See, O Lord, my affliction,
For the enemy has magnified himself!”

Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men,
Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,
And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind,

and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and all Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates:

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”

But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul imprisoned.

Then He cried out to me and spoke to me saying, “See, those who are going to the land of the north have appeased My wrath in the land of the north.”

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.

But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean.

And He *answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!”

and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal-meon.

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?

Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.

For it came about, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom

I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

Also the people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.

their numbered men of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.

But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.”

They answered and said, “John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again.”

So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”

Now I will shortly pour out My wrath on you and spend My anger against you; judge you according to your ways and bring on you all your abominations.

Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit who is upon you, and will put Him upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you will not bear it all alone.

and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one ox for yourselves and prepare it first for you are many, and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”

For thus says the Lord,
“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land
At this time,
And will cause them distress,
That they may be found.”

But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters.

And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

Their children whom He raised up in their place, Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them along the way.

For at the voice of the Lord Assyria will be terrified,
When He strikes with the rod.

In respect to an ox or a lamb which has an overgrown or stunted member, you may present it for a freewill offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.

“And His mercy is upon generation after generation
Toward those who fear Him.

“Therefore I was angry with this generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they did not know My ways’;

The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her.

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the sin of Sodom,
Which was overthrown as in a moment,
And no hands were turned toward her.

And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel.

The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.

And He began teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all.

I will bring distress on men
So that they will walk like the blind,
Because they have sinned against the Lord;
And their blood will be poured out like dust
And their flesh like dung.

so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk.

Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.”

So the Lord God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant.

We have sent along with him the brother whose fame in the things of the gospel has spread through all the churches;

“The Lord shall reign forever and ever.”

Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.

“Is it nothing to all you who pass this way?
Look and see if there is any pain like my pain
Which was severely dealt out to me,
Which the Lord inflicted on the day of His fierce anger.

Make every effort to come to me soon;

And Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

Then on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, rejoicing and happy of heart because of the goodness that the Lord had shown to David and to Solomon and to His people Israel.

“The yoke of my transgressions is bound;
By His hand they are knit together.
They have come upon my neck;
He has made my strength fail.
The Lord has given me into the hands
Of those against whom I am not able to stand.

And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

“Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and not fear.

There was no day like that before it or after it, when the Lord listened to the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel.

And He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

Fear gripped them all, and they began glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited His people!”

Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from first to last, behold, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?

in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.

‘Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, but I chose David to be over My people Israel.’

For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.

Do give heed to me, O Lord,
And listen to what my opponents are saying!

I think then that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.

“Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;

But be that as it may, I did not burden you myself; nevertheless, crafty fellow that I am, I took you in by deceit.

A fool’s anger is known at once,
But a prudent man conceals dishonor.

For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen;

They found written in the law how the Lord had commanded through Moses that the sons of Israel should live in booths during the feast of the seventh month.

We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him

but as it is written,
“They who had no news of Him shall see,
And they who have not heard shall understand.”

From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns,
And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

Have I now come up without the Lord’s approval against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”’”

Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments, while the angel of the Lord was standing by.

You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.

having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;

“He will not return again to his house,
Nor will his place know him anymore.

Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness in the last days.

and his kinsmen, heads of fathers’ households, 242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

Then it came about on the fourth day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, so that he will tell us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish us? Is this not so?”

But He *said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”

He is on the path of life who heeds instruction,
But he who ignores reproof goes astray.

for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

the sons of Shephatiah, 372;

He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

I lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.

“Therefore wait for Me,” declares the Lord,
“For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My decision is to gather nations,
To assemble kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.

so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.’

“Let all their wickedness come before You;
And deal with them as You have dealt with me
For all my transgressions;
For my groans are many and my heart is faint.”

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

“Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;

“Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar,
And make my speech worthless?”

Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king.

But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.

For Gaza will be abandoned
And Ashkelon a desolation;
Ashdod will be driven out at noon
And Ekron will be uprooted.

Where can we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there.”’

saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.”

So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out from the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did thus. This too is futility.

and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”

I did not sit in the circle of merrymakers,
Nor did I exult.
Because of Your hand upon me I sat alone,
For You filled me with indignation.

But the word of the Lord continued to grow and to be multiplied.

Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

not because we do not have the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would follow our example.

Then Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” And Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

Through Silvanus, our faithful brother (for so I regard him), I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!

But others were saying, “He is Elijah.” And others were saying, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He was performing on those who were sick.

“Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him,
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himself rich with loans?’

But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good.

And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also.

Abram, that is Abraham.

Keep your way far from her
And do not go near the door of her house,

At that very time He cured many people of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits; and He gave sight to many who were blind.

“He raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the ash heap
To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor;
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the world on them.

When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,

Then Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples.

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net
And burn incense to their fishing net;
Because through these things their catch is large,
And their food is plentiful.

and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember,

For if that which fades away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.

Jesus got up and began to follow him, and so did His disciples.

Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper,

Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.