And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spoke unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

And Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

But if not, be it known unto you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.

And every offering of your grain offering shall you season with salt; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering: with all your offerings you shall offer salt.

And they gathered them together in heaps: and the land stank.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

The Emim dwelt there in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim;

But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were listed, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better covenant.

Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, though I think to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

Now when Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

O LORD, I have heard your speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.

Who was the son of Joshua, who was the son of Eliezer, who was the son of Jorim, who was the son of Matthat, who was the son of Levi,

You went forth for the salvation of your people, even for salvation with your anointed; you wounded the head out of the house of the wicked, by laying bare from the foundation to the neck. Selah.

The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness: Lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all beautiful vessels.

Before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that tend its fruit two hundred.

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is lovely.

Blows of a wound cleanse away evil: as do stripes the inner depths of the heart.

And Zadok the priest took a horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice:

Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths:

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

To deliver you from the immoral woman, even from the seductress who flatters with her words;

No doubt you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.

Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

When you were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon: for, lo, he has caught hold of the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

But Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creeps upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.

Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.

The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

But Peter reviewed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it in order unto them, saying,

And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and spread them in the way.

If a man walking in the spirit of falsehood does lie, saying, I will prophesy unto you of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

And the male goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches:

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spoke, and said unto his counselors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the river of Arabah.

And after the league is made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small number of people.

He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will show unto the king the interpretation.

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.

And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

The horse is prepared for the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and leads them away.

In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

Neither shall you commit adultery.

Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

And he ordained himself priests for the high places, and for the goat idols, and for the calf idols which he had made.

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.

In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this folly.

What? know you not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? for two, says he, shall be one flesh.

Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you, in the land that flows with milk and honey.

However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where have you gleaned today? and where did you work? blessed be he that did take knowledge of you. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.

At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew yourself two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make an ark of wood.

Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing you put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commands even the winds and water, and they obey him.

There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all others they took in battle.

Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

But there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience about the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering today, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soon today?

And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

And there came a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not yourself: for I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof:

And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.

And the spirit cried, and convulsed him terribly, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; so that many said, He is dead.

But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming;

And after they had tarried there awhile, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.

And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and asked him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead who sought the young child's life.

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor to feed the fire, and the people shall weary themselves in vain?

And I will do in you that which I have not done, and the like of which I will not do any more, because of all your abominations.

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.

Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation.

They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepts them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and punish their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

And go, get you to them of the captivity, unto the children of your people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they refuse.

Have you not brought this unto yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?

For the LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

With arrows and with bows shall men come there; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

He that walks uprightly walks securely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known.

Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, By what means?

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

For the LORD shall be your confidence, and shall keep your foot from being snared.

Withdraw your hand far from me: and let not your dread make me afraid.

For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there forever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

Besides that which traders and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

To establish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

And I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto you all your days.

And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that belonged to the king of Egypt.

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray you, be given to your servant two mules' burden of earth? for your servant will never offer either burnt offering or sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.

And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.

And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

But if he is not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.

Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:

And you have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as the LORD lives: lie down until the morning.

Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

And it came to pass, when the people set out from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;

Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.

And she came in immediately with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that you give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

And he quit talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have you delivered your people at all.

And if one man's ox hurts another's, that it dies; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.

What profits the graven image that its maker has shaped it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make dumb idols?

And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

And I will give him the morning star.

And righteousness shall be the belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

They, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every sort.

And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

And he said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not: and to Zion, Let not your hands be weak.

And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth are gathered together against it.

The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and its sight to all the earth;

The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he has stretched out a line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk with you of your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or its interpretation, trouble you. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, may the dream be for them that hate you, and its interpretation for your enemies.

And I will make you unto this people a fortified bronze wall: and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the LORD.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious.

And you mourn at the last, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

The way of life leads above to the wise, that he may depart from sheol beneath.

Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a male child conceived.

And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a sick man wastes away.

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

[To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you have delivered me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to slay and destroy them utterly: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy one another.

And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will indeed buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is yours for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

Yet have you respect unto the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which your servant prays before you today:

And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,

And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, who died there.

Neither be you idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

Even all that the LORD has commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and onward throughout your generations;

And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke unto me, and that swore unto me, saying, Unto your descendants will I give this land; he shall send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife unto my son from there.

Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are wayward; for he himself also is beset with weakness.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

There is no straw given unto your servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.

And he said, Who made you a prince and a judge over us? do you intend to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

Martha said unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

All the brethren greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

And he swore unto her, Whatsoever you shall ask of me, I will give it to you, unto the half of my kingdom.

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the victim departs not;

And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of hosts had left us a descendant, we had been as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrah.

For if they do these things with a green tree, what shall be done with the dry?

But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

He answered them, I have told you already, and you did not hear: why would you hear it again? will you also be his disciples?

(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)

In the same day shall the Lord shave with a hired razor, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

Who was the son of Simeon, who was the son of Judah, who was the son of Joseph, who was the son of Jonam who was the son of Eliakim,

Then said he unto me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his idols? for they say, The LORD sees us not; the LORD has forsaken the land.

Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your favors to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says the LORD.

Behold, I am weighted down under you, as a cart is weighted down that is full of sheaves.

For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

The nations shall see and be ashamed at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

And the king of the south shall be moved with rage, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

And call you on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answers by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Therefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Because your rage against me and your tumult has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back in the way by which you came.

The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he knows not how to go to the city.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things.

My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.

The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people:

And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with you: for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.

And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel unto you.

And it came to pass, when Baasha heard of it, that he stopped building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead your captives captive, you son of Abinoam.

And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

And they possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.

But Ehud made himself a dagger which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he did gird it under his clothes upon his right thigh.

Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always.

And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed.

And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that opens the womb among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

For it is written, Rejoice, you barren that bear not; break forth and cry, you that travail not: for the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.

And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: therefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

But food commends us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt?

Nevertheless when one shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.

And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead who sought your life.

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walks in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world.

And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

And they of the people and tribes and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not allow their dead bodies to be put in graves.

Neither, because they are the descendants of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.

And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.

That they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen, and they shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without sense: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land became desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate.

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels; that I should make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing: therefore you shall bear the reproach of my people.

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and weeds had covered its face, and its stone wall was broken down.

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after a human commandment.

This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now you, O Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but you are able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

And now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

Therefore pray not for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear you.

There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by their owners to their hurt.

And upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall,

Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a foul odor: so does a little folly to him that is respected for wisdom and honor.

I got myself male and female servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle more than all that were in Jerusalem before me:

He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass.

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

And of the sons of Pashhur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need: and we will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.

And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

And he said, You have asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so unto you; but if not, it shall not be so.

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

And while he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for you are a valiant man, and bring good tidings.

And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshingfloor.

And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.

But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king.

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna in it, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

And after Abimelech there arose to deliver Israel Tola the son of Puah the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.

And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is on the border of Arnon, which is on the farthest boundary.

And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.

And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

But if you inquire anything concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.

And the second took her as wife, and he died childless.

Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

Who was the son of Amminadab, who was the son of Ram, who was the son of Hezron, who was the son of Perez, who was the son of Judah,

Who was the son of Melchi, who was the son of Addi, who was the son of Cosam, who was the son of Elmodam, who was the son of Er,

And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

When I say unto the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him not warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.

Behold, at that time I will deal with all that afflict you: and I will save her that is lame, and gather those that were driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a loud rumbling, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.

When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

And he spread it before me; and it was written inside and outside: and there was written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had made, and on the labor that I had expended on it: and, behold, all was vanity and like grasping the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

And I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto you more things.

The LORD stands up to plead, and stands to judge the people.

My dove, my perfect one, is the only one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the favorite one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

Turn you unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they both went over on dry ground.

Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he has done?

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.

And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from you.

And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had lain an oath on the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eats any food until evening, that I may be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

Likewise all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.

And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son they were found.

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

And as the sailors were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under pretense as though they would have cast anchors out of the bow,

But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.

Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give you their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

And not holding the Head, from whom all the body by joints and ligaments having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increases with the increase of God.

And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made an attack with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

Because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been wrenched apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man subdue him.

But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

Consider what I say; and the Lord give you understanding in all things.

He that has received his testimony has set his seal to this that God is true.

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Therefore I came unto you without questioning as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent you have sent for me?

Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another; though my heart be consumed within me.

But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

But Judah shall dwell forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

Therefore thus says the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek your life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that you die not by our hand:

But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

And said, My God forbid me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, toward the south.

And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

David therefore did as God commanded him: and they struck the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.

And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see in that day, when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.

And there were also male prostitutes in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view from afar off: and they both stood by the Jordan.

The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says the LORD; and I will repay you in this plot, says the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plot of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make your servant know them.

And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has worked shame in Israel.

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see you hurt not the oil and the wine.

And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why came you down here? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the insolence of your heart; for you are come down that you might see the battle.

Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,

In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baked, you shall bring it in: and the baked pieces of the grain offering shall you offer for a sweet aroma unto the LORD.

When the LORD your God shall cut off the nations from before you, where you go to possess them, and you displace them, and dwell in their land;

They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Whether it has gored a son, or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

Get you unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goes out unto the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank until he comes; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shall you take in your hand.

And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

If any man defiles the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abides forever: and how say you, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

Though Nineveh was of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

And, behold, a hand touched me, which made me tremble upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

And when he came to the den, he cried with a grieved voice unto Daniel: and the king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone that is recorded among the living in Jerusalem:

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety at home, and so repay their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

But you, son of man, hear what I say unto you; Be not you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat what I give you.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

Who is he that will contend with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall die.

Again Esther spoke unto Hathach, and gave him command concerning Mordecai;

And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, your servant has sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech you, and his servants go with your servant.

Suppose there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of plunderers that plundered them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Beracah, unto this day.

However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they dwelt.

Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give unto his son, nor his daughter shall you take unto your son.

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, since he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be recorded according to the birthright.

And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?

Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in a cloud by day.

And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.

And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know you assuredly, that you shall go out with me to battle, you and your men.

If the ox shall gore a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, any remained.

For, when we were come into Macedonia, our body had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years.

And Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the nations: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but comes to an end.

And the LORD shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

And now, I pray you, consider from this day onward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

Ephraim, as I saw Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood two others, the one on this bank of the river, and the other on that bank of the river.

As you know not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all.

And the three broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,

Then Elisha said, Hear you the word of the LORD; Thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

Then it shall be, if anything is committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet aroma unto the LORD, with its grain offering, and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.