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And David sware again and said, "Thy father knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes and therefore he thinketh, 'Jonathan shall not know it, lest he be sorry.' For in very deed even as truly as the LORD liveth, and as truly as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death."
So that all the cities of the Gershonites in their kindreds were thirteen with their Suburbs.
When the ministers told these words unto the officers, they feared when they heard that they were Romans;
And ye have not known him. And if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar like unto you; But I know him, and keep his saying.
O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. {TYNDALE: And bow to the LORD in holy apparel; all the earth fear him.}
He answered and said unto them, "I also will ask you a question: and answer me.
For with discretion must wars be taken in hand, and whereas are many that can give counsel, there is the victory.
Sing praises unto the LORD, O ye saints of his; and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness.
"Who divideth the abundance of waters into rivers, or who maketh a way for the stormy weather,
Then lift they up their eyes, and when they looked up, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
and say, 'I will up to yonder plain land, seeing they sit at ease, and dwell so safely - for they dwell all without any walls, they have neither bars nor doors -
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with their whole heart;
Therefore will I scatter you, like as the stubble that is taken away with the south wind.
And he said unto him, "How cometh it that thou, being the king's son, art thus consumed every morning? Mayest thou not tell it me?" And Amnon answered him, "I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister."
But in any wise, rebel not against the LORD. Moreover fear ye not the people of the land, for they are but bread for us. Their shield is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not therefore."
Why destroyest thou thyself with anger? Shall the earth be forsaken, or the stones removed out of their place because of thee?
And Moses said unto Aaron, "Take a censer and put fire therein out of the altar, and pour on cense, and go quickly unto the congregation and make an atonement for them. For there is wrath gone out from the LORD, and there is a plague begun."
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron and weighed him the silver which he had said in the audience of the sons of Heth. Even four hundred silver sicles of current money among merchants.
Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
and said unto all the congregation of Israel, "If it seem you good - and also to be of the LORD our God - Let us take and send unto the remnant of our brethren throughout all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites with them, in their cities and suburbs, and gather them together to us.
And he left them with the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the while that David kept himself in holds.
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her saying, "David sent us unto thee, to take thee to his wife."
And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor frumenty of new corn: until the self same day that ye have brought an offering unto your God. And this shall be a law forever unto your children after you, wheresoever ye dwell.
And Peter said, "Man, I know not what thou sayest." And immediately while he yet spake, the cock crew.
And the King sorrowed: nevertheless for his oath's sake, and for their sakes, which sat also at the table, he commanded it to be given her.
And in process of time, the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died. Then Judah, when he had left mourning, went unto his sheep shearers to Timnath with his friend Hirah of Adullam.
So that the generation to come, of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, say when they see the plagues of that land, and the diseases wherewith the LORD hath smitten it,
When his disciples saw that, they had indignation saying, "What needed this waste?
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream saying, 'Jacob?' And I answered, 'Here am I.'
And they took the money, and did as they were taught. And this saying is noised among the Jews unto this day.
I told you before, and tell you before, and as I said when I was present with you the second time, so write I now, being absent, to them which in time past have sinned, and to all others: that if I come again, I will not spare;
"They wounded me," shalt thou say, "but it hath not hurt me. They smote me, but I felt it not. When I am well awakened, I will go to the drink again."
After this, he brought me again to the outward door of the Sanctuary on the East side, and that was shut.
Thou shalt feed the fire and thy blood shall be shed in the land, that thou mayest be put out of remembrance. Even I the LORD have spoken it.'"
At that same time Merodachbaladan, Baladan's son, king of Babylon, sent letters and presents to Hezekiah. For he understood how that he had been sick, and was recovered again.
"And thou, O son of man, prophesy and speak, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God to the children of Ammon, and to their blasphemy,' speak thou, 'The sword, the sword is drawn forth already to the slaughter, and scoured that it glistereth
"Go ye and seek of the LORD for me, and the people, and for all Judah; concerning the words of this book that is found. For it is a great wrath of the LORD that is kindled upon us, that our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do in all points as it is written therein."
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea. His jolly captains are drowned in the reed sea;
Now when the Host of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of the Egyptian's army,
The lips of the righteous are occupied in acceptable things; but the mouth of the ungodly taketh them to the worst.
Whatsoever was torn of beasts I brought it not unto thee, but made it good myself: of my hand didst thou require it, whether it was stolen by day or night.
And therefore follow not your Prophets, soothsayers, expounders of dreams, charmers and witches, which say unto you: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon.
Seven days thou shalt eat sweet bread, and the seventh day shall be feastful unto the LORD.
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, for because that they dealt proudly with them."
And all countries came to Egypt, to Joseph, for to buy corn: because that the hunger was so sore in all lands.
Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of Hosts with thunder, earthquake, and with a great noise, with the whirlwind, tempest, and with the flame of a consuming fire.
Well is him that standeth always in awe; as for him that hardeneth his heart, he shall fall into mischief.
But now art thou cast down in to the deep of the sea, all thy resort of people is perished with thee.
All flesh shall come together unto naught, and all men shall turn again unto earth.
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt cut thy vines and gather in thy fruits.
He that is too hasty to praise his neighbour above measure, shall be taken as one that giveth him an evil report.
When Asa heard those words and the prophecy of Azariah the son of Obed the Prophet, he took courage and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he won in mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD that was before the porch of the LORD.
for at one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every ship governor, and all they that occupied ships, and shipmen which work in the sea, stood afar off;
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the old ways of his father David, and sought not Baals:
And David gave Solomon his son the pattern of the porch and of the houses that belonged thereto, and of the storehouses, upper chambers, innermore parlors and of the house of the mercy seat:
so that they have gone and served strange gods and worshipped them, whether it be the sun or moon or anything contained in heaven which I forbade,
And he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD in the door of the tabernacle of witness.
But they made light of it, and went their ways: one to his firm place, another about his merchandise:
Yet will I will not root out every man of thee from mine altar, but that thine eyes may be consumed, and thy soul may be sorry. And a great multitude of thine house shall die young.
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh: howbeit, he taxed the land, to give the money at the commandment of Pharaoh and as every man was set at, so he required the silver and the gold of the people of the land, to give Pharaoh Neco.
And so David received of her hand that she brought him, and said to her, "Go in peace to thine house. And see, I have obeyed thy voice and have received thee to grace."
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar were the Priests.
All that breaketh the matrix of all flesh that men bring unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine. Neverthelater, the firstborn of man shall be redeemed, and the firstborn of unclean beasts shall be redeemed.
Nurture thy son with correction, and he shall comfort thee; yea, he shall do the good at thine heart.
Ira the Ithrite; Gareb the Ithrite;
but as a hired servant and as a sojourner he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the trumpet year,
Then he shall go out unto the altar that standeth before the LORD, and reconcile it, and shall take of the blood of the ox and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about,
If thou wilt say, "I knew not of it"; Thinkest thou that he which made the hearts, doth not consider it? And that he which regardeth thy soul, seeth it not? Shall not he recompense every man according to his works?
But when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came to the door, he said, "Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam: why feignest thou thyself to be another? I am sent to thee a cruel messenger.
But behold, there came an old man from his work, out of the fields, at even - which was also of mount Ephraim, and but a stranger in Gibeah, for the men of the place were of the children of Benjamin.
I will go before thee, and make the crooked straight. I shall break the brazen doors, and burst the iron bars.
Then Manoah made intercession to the LORD, and said, "I pray thee, my LORD, let the man of God which thou sentest come once more unto us and teach us what we shall do unto the lad when he is born."
He that leadeth a godly life - say I - and speaketh the truth; He that abhorreth to do violence and deceit; he that keepeth his hand that he touch no reward; which stoppeth his ears, that he hear no counsel against the innocent; which holdeth down his eyes, that he see none evil.
Then went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, now called Zoar. And set their men in array to fight with them in the vale of Siddim, that is to say,
The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again, but the righteous is merciful and liberal.
My God, my soul is vexed within me; therefore I remember the land of Jordan, and the little hill of Hermon.
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.
There putteth he his hand upon the stony rocks, and overthroweth the mountains.
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, with singing, harps, psalteries, timbrels and trumpets.
It will come to this point, that Jacob shall be rooted again, and Israel shall be green, and bear flowers, and they shall fill the whole world with their fruit.
Spears and snares are in the way of the froward; but he that will keep his soul, let him flee from such.
see thou consent not unto him nor hearken unto him. No, let not thine eye pity him nor have compassion on him, nor keep him secret, but cause him to be slain.
He vanisheth as a dream, so that he can no more be found, and passeth away as a vision in the night.
If a damsel vow a vow unto the LORD and bind herself, being in her father's house and unmarried:
Suffer me a little, that I may speak also, and then laugh my words to scorn, if ye will.
And the guard shall be unto you to look upon it, that ye remember all the commandments of the LORD and do them: that ye seek not a way after your own hearts and after your own eyes, for to go a whoring after them:
And the Philistines stood on a hill on the one side, and Israel stood on a hill on the other side; and a valley between them.
These be they which David set for to sing in the house of the LORD, after that the Ark had rest.
And the LORD heard the voice of Israel, and delivered them the Canaanites. And they destroyed both them and their cities, and called the place Hormah.
The days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: then shall they fast in those days."
Tarshish occupied with thee in all manner of wares: in silver, iron, tin and lead, and made thy market great.
If a man deliver his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of his house: If the thief be found, he shall pay double.
And God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
that said unto me, "O thou son of man, this room is my seat, and the place of my footsteps: whereas I will dwell among the children of Israel for evermore - so that the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, through their whoredom; through their high places; and through the dead bodies of their kings,
Thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as thou hast spent thy money, and discovered thy shame - through thy whoredom with all thy lovers, and with all the Idols of thy abominations, in the blood of thy children whom thou hast given them -
so that if any of them prophesy any more, his own father and mother that begat him, shall say unto him, 'Thou shalt die, for thou speakest lies under the name of the LORD.' Yea, his own father and mother that begat him, shall wound him, when he prophesieth.
But ye shall not go out with sedition nor make haste as they that flee away: for the LORD shall go before you, and the God of Israel shall keep the watch.
The earth shall be heavy and decay: The face of the earth shall perish and fall away, the proud people of the world shall come to naught.
"Therefore lay this riddle before them, and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: Every pot shall be filled with wine.' And they shall say, 'Thinkest thou we know not, that every pot shall be filled with wine?'
The wise shall have honour in possession, but shame is the promotion that fools shall have.
then I will send you rain in the right season and your land shall yield her increase and the trees of the field shall give their fruit.
O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
When the prophecy is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not go wrong in judgment.
And they set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, psalteries and harps according to the commandments of David and of Gad the king's seer of visions and of Nathan the prophet. For so was the commandment of the LORD through the hand, of his prophets.
take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou hast brought in out of the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee and put it in a maund and go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to make his name dwell there.
and unleavened bread and cakes of sweet bread tempered with oil and wafers of sweet bread anointed with oil - of wheaten flour shalt thou make them -
"Thus say to Hezekiah king of Juda, 'Let not thy God carry thee out of the way, in whom thou so trustest, saying: Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
And let the officers speak unto the people, saying, 'If any man have built a new house and have not dedicate it, let him go and return to his house lest he die in the battle, and another dedicate it.
for they shed out the blood of saints, and prophets, and therefore hast thou given them blood to drink: for they are worthy."
For Menahem the son of Gadi came up from Tirzah and went to Samaria and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
Every Sabbath he shall put them in rows before the LORD evermore, given of the children of Israel, that it be an everlasting covenant.
The first of the first fruits of thy land, thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. And see that thou seethe not a kid in his mother's milk."
And thou shalt take two onyx stones and grave in them the names of the children of Israel:
The LORD will make bare his holy arm, and show it forth in the sight of all the Gentiles, and all the ends of the earth shall see the saving health of our God.
and Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us: Ye see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews have been with me, both at Jerusalem and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
He set him up upon a high land, and he ate the increase of the fields. And he gave him honey to suck out of the rock, and oil out of the hard stone.
shall be as the morning light, when the sun shineth in a morning in which are no clouds to let the brightness; and as the grass of the earth is by the virtue of the rain.'
And he took them and sent them over the river, and sent over that he had,
And Absalom sent also for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, and fetched him out of his city Giloh, when he sacrificed sacrifices. And there was wrought strong treason. And the people drew to Absalom in great multitude.
"Bring him that cursed without the host; and let all that heard him put their hands upon his head, and let all the multitude stone him.
"My saying is yet this day in bitterness, and my hand heavy among my groanings.
If a woman go unto a beast and lie down thereto: thou shalt kill the woman and the beast also they shall die, and their blood be upon their heads.
Doest thou open thine eyes upon such one, and bringest me in thy judgment?
which said unto his mother, "The eleven hundred silverlings that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst and saidst in mine ears: Behold, the silver is with me for I took it away." Then said his mother, "Blessed be thou my son, in the LORD."
that a nation hath heard the voice of God speaking out of fire as thou hast heard, and yet lived?
If a man do hurt field or vineyard, so that he put in his beast to feed in another man's field: of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
And he made the laver of brass and the foot of it also of brass, in the sight of them that did watch before the door of the tabernacle of witness.
And Jacob asked him, saying, "Tell me thy name." And he said, "Wherefore dost thou ask after my name?" And he blessed him there.
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and put out the Amorites that were therein.
And then Abraham buried Sara his wife in the double cave of the field that lieth before Mamre, otherwise called Hebron in the land of Canaan.
and Israel coupled himself unto Baal-Peor. Then the LORD was angry with Israel,
"I have not sent these Prophets, sayeth the LORD, "and yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, and yet they preached.
{To the Chanter, in Neginoth, an instruction of David} Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my petition.
Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah, perceived the words, that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, namely on this manner:
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah on this manner, when he was yet bound in the court of the prison,
Thou shalt therefore offer Passover unto the LORD thy God, and sheep and oxen in the place which the LORD shall choose to make his name dwell there.
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have set me on fire! Thy hairy locks are like a flock of goats upon the mount of Gilead.
But thy wickedness teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen thee a crafty tongue.
'Choose thee either three years' famishment, or three months to be consumed of thine adversaries, the sword of thine enemies overtaking thee: or else the sword of the LORD three days and pestilence in the land, the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel.' And now advise thyself what word I shall bring again unto him that sent me."
And Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, what the LORD putteth in my mouth, that will I speak."
then thou shalt appoint unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and all the firstborn among the beasts which thou hast if they be males.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher by their kindreds: these cities with their villages.
And he thrust them all out at the doors, and caught her by the hand, and cried, saying, "Maid arise."
Yea, I will make one people of them in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, and they all shall have but one king. They shall no more be two peoples from henceforth, neither be divided into two kingdoms:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
If Timothy come, see that he be without fear with you. For he worketh the work of the Lord as I do.
Gather the people together: both men, women and children and the strangers that are in thy cities, that they may hear, learn and fear the LORD your God, and be diligent to keep all the words of this law,
Have the gates of death been open unto thee, or hast thou seen the door of everlasting treasure?
Whoso keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul; but he that regardeth not his way, shall die.
From the ends of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is in heaviness. O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I;
Sing unto the LORD, and praise his name, be telling of his salvation from day to day. {TYNDALE: Sing unto the LORD, and show from day to day his victories.}
The privities of thy father and thy mother, see thou unhele not: she is thy mother, therefore shalt thou not uncover her privities.
And why? He hath oppressed the poor, and not helped them: houses hath he spoiled, and not builded them.
Go ye therefore out into the highways, and as many as ye find, bid them to the marriage.'
And Moses went and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, both he and Joshua the son of Nun.
Even so shall he keep thee - if thou wilt be content - from the bottomless pit that is beneath: and if thou wilt hold the quiet, he shall fill thy table with plenteousness.
Behold, God is of a mighty high power: Where is there such a guide and lawgiver as he?
And so David fled and escaped and went to Samuel to Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
"Let the LORD, God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation;
One manner of law shall be unto them that are born in the land, and unto the strangers that dwell among you."
Thus sayeth the LORD God: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup, how deep and far soever it be to the bottom. Thou shalt be laughed to scorn, and had as greatly in derision, as is possible.
They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devil, was healed.
One reproof only doth more good to him that hath understanding, than a hundred stripes unto a fool.
and sprinkle it upon him that must be cleansed of his leprosy seven times and cleanse him, and shall let the living bird go free into the fields.
and girth them with girdles: as well Aaron as his sons. And put the bonnets on them that the priest's office may be theirs for a perpetual law. And fill the hands of Aaron and of his sons,
And God said unto him in a dream, "I know it well that thou didst it in the pureness of thy heart: And therefore I kept thee that thou shouldest not sin against me, neither suffered I thee to come nigh her.
And therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will stretch out mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my token to the people. They shall bring thy sons in their laps, and carry thy daughters unto thee upon their shoulders.
wilt thou therefore say, 'Tush, how should God know? Doth his dominion reach beyond the clouds?
The LORD be judge, and judge between thee and me, and see and plead my cause, and judge me free out of thine hand."
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their counsels are wicked counsels; harm and destruction are in their ways.
"Hold your tongues now, and let me speak, for there is something come into my mind.
And the sons of Meshelemiah were these: Zachariah the eldest, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
And he shall take of the blood of the ox and sprinkle it with his finger before the mercy seat eastward: even seven times.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
But and if we shall say, 'Of men,' all the people will stone us. For they surely be persuaded that John is a prophet."
Then said Pilate unto him, "Hearest thou not how many things they lay against thee?"
But I refrain my soul and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother; Yea, my soul is even as a weaned child.
plucking up herbs from among the bushes, and the Juniper's root was their meat.
And they went in to the king to the court. but they kept the book in the chamber of Elishama the Scribe, and told the king all the words that he might hear.
And whatsoever soul it be that eateth that which died alone or that which was torn with wild beasts: whether it be one of yourselves or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean unto the even, and then is he clean.
In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
Now our God, thou great God, mighty and terrible, thou that keepest covenant and mercy, regard not a little all the travail that hath happened unto us, and our kings, princes, priests, prophets, fathers and all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
He shall bind his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the vine branch, and shall wash his garment in wine and his mantle in the blood of grapes:
Behold, the Moon shineth nothing in comparison to him, and the stars are unclean in his sight.
And all the wise hearted men among them, that wrought in the work of the habitation, made: even ten curtains of twined bysse, jacinth, scarlet and purple, and made them full of cherubims with broidered work.
and said to Saul, "Wherefore giveth thou an ear to men's words, that say, 'David seeketh thee evil?'
Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel that killeth an ox, lamb or goat in the host or out of the host
And Israel stretched out his righthand and laid it upon Ephraim's head which was the younger, and his lefthand upon Manasseh's head, crossing his hands; for Manasseh was the elder.
For the saying which he cried at the bidding of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of hill altars which are in the cities of Samaria, shall come to pass."
And he that talked with me, had a golden reed to measure the city withal and the gates thereof and the wall thereof.
Truly ye bear witness, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.
He answered to one of them, saying, 'Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?'
the ware of gold and silver, and precious stones, neither of pearl, and raynes, and purple, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and of iron,
and shall cast them into a furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
But when thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; when thou takest away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their dust.
"For thus the LORD promiseth: David shall never want one to sit upon the stool of the house of Israel:
"Thus sayeth the LORD: Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all them which, out of the cities of Judah, come to do worship in the LORD's house, all the words that I command thee to say. Look that thou keep not one word back,
And Josiah held the feast of Passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem, and they slew Passover in the fourteenth day of the first month.
And he said "Yea, for I am come to offer unto the LORD. Cleanse yourselves and come with me to the offering." And he purified Jesse and his sons, and bade them to the offering.
"For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Let not those prophets and soothsayers that be among you deceive you: and believe not your own dreams.
Thou shalt not uncover the privities of thy mother's sister nor of thy father's sisters, for he that doth so, uncovereth his next kin: and they shall bear their misdoing.
And bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of witness, and wash them with water,
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, "Know ye not that there is in these houses an ephod and images; and a graven image and an image of metal? Now therefore consider what ye have to do."
It is a great abomination when kings are wicked; for a king's seat should be holden up with righteousness.
And as long as it lieth void it shall rest, for that it could not rest in your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt therein.
The LORD preserveth thee from all evil; yea, it is the LORD that keepeth thy soul.
And if any man rise to persecute thee and to seek thy soul, the soul of my lord be bound in a bundle of life with the LORD thy God. And the souls of thy enemies be slung in the middle of a sling.
And then came the woman in the dawning of the day and fell down at the door of the man's house, where her lord was, and there she lay till day.
And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said unto him, "Blessed be thou in the LORD. I have done the commandment of the LORD."
For insomuch as he is God, he maketh my heart soft: and seeing that he is Almighty, he putteth me in fear.
But Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD heard him. For he had seen the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.
And this Absalom, yet in his lifetime, took and reared up a pillar, which is yet in King's Dale. For he said, "I have no male child. And therefore, to keep my name in remembrance do I it." And he called the pillar after his own name. And it is called unto this day, Absalom's pillar.
When the woman saw that she was not hid from him, she came trembling, and fell at his feet, and told him before all the people, for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
And he went out about the eleventh hour and found others standing idle, and said unto them, 'Why stand ye here all the day idle?'
For I the LORD, which love right and hate robbery, though it were offered me, shall make their works full of faithfulness, and make an everlasting covenant with them.
These are the children of Seir the Horite, the inhabiter of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son, and bare unto Eliphaz, Amalek. And these be the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
And as soon as the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close: and told no man in those days any of those things, which they had seen.
When we heard this, both we and others of the same place, besought him, that he would not go up to Jerusalem.
And when Abigail came to Nabal, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, and he was drunk a good. Wherefore she told him nought, neither little nor more, until the morrow day.
The light of the righteous maketh joyful; but the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.
Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away; and like as wax melteth at the fire, so shall the ungodly perish at the presence of God.
But the righteous shall be glad and rejoice before God, they shall be merry and joyful.
then the LORD is merciful unto him, and sayeth, 'He shall be delivered, that he fall not down to destruction, for I am sufficiently reconciled.'
And when he saw her, he rent his clothes and said, "Alas, my daughter, thou hast made me stoop, and art one of them that trouble me. For I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and cannot go back."
After this lived Job forty years, so that he saw his children, and his children's children to the fourth generation.
And he said unto me, 'Behold, thou shalt be with child and bear a son, and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the lad shall be an abstainer to God even from his birth to the day of his death.'"
"If my heart hath lusted after my neighbour's wife, or if I have laid wait at his door:
And Jehoiakim laid him to sleep with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
and spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD will show who is his and who is holy, and will take them unto him, and whomsoever he hath chosen, he will cause to come to him.
and let the priest see him. If the rising appear white in the skin, and have also made the hair white, and there be raw flesh in the sore also:
And there was no man to help, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no meddling with any other nation. And the city stood in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein.
And see that ye keep mine ordinances and do them. For I am the LORD which sanctify you.
But and if thou shalt hearken unto his voice and keep all that I shall tell thee, then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
and the seven angels came out of the temple, which had the seven plagues, clothed in pure and bright linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
Behold, sayeth the LORD, I will heal their wounds and make them whole: I will open them the treasure of peace and truth.
Then Isaac his father answered and said unto him, "Behold, thy dwelling place shall have of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.
Thou shalt come up like a stormy weather to cover the land, and as it were a dark cloud: thou with all thine hosts, and a great multitude of people with thee.
Now if this man get a son also, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and feareth, neither doth such like:
Now go to thy conjurers, and to the multitude of thy witches, whom thou hast been acquainted with from thy youth, if they may help thee, or strengthen thee.
"I thought I should have gone to the gates of hell in my best age, and have wanted the residue of my years.
And while they washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria, the dogs licked up his blood, and harlots washed him according to the word of the LORD which he spake.
But Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid that from me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee."
And when Ahab went up to eat and to drink, Elijah went up to the top of mount Carmel; and bowed himself to the earth, and put his face between his knees,
"Fearfulness shall make him afraid on every side, that he shall not know where to get out.
Then said Jezebel his wife unto him, "What a goodly kingdom were thou able to make in Israel? Up, and eat meat and set thine heart at rest, for I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
After that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines. At which time Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai that was of the children of Rephaim, and they were subdued.
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father and bowed not therefrom. But did that was right in the eyes of the LORD. Only he did not put the hill altars out of the way: for the people offered and burnt their sacrifices yet in the hill altars.
Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign upon Israel in Samaria, the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and was king over Israel two years,
And Araunah said unto the king, "Let my lord the king take and offer what seemeth him good in his eyes: Behold, oxen for sacrifice, and sleds and the other instruments of the oxen for wood."
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it under her upon the rock, even from the beginning of harvest until rain dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to fall on them by day nor beasts of the field by night.
Then hear thou up to heaven and be merciful unto the sin of thy people Israel, and bring thee again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
And David went thence to Mizpeh in the land of Moab, and said unto the king of Moab, "Let my father and mother, I pray thee, have their abiding with you, till I know what God will do with me."
The high captain took him by the hand, and went apart with him out of the way, and asked him, "What hast thou to say unto me?"
For I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of the Egyptians, that ye should not be their bondmen, and I broke the bows of your yokes, and made you go upright.
Whoso rejoiceth upon earth, shall rejoice in the true God: And whoso sweareth upon earth, shall swear in the true God. For the old enmity shall be forgotten, and taken away out of my sight.
and Amram's wife was called Jochebed; a daughter of Levi, which was born him in Egypt. And she bare unto Amram, Aaron, Moses and Miriam their sister.
And, behold, all the city came out, and met Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him to depart out of their coasts.
For thus sayeth the LORD, first unto the gelded that keepeth my Sabbath - namely, that holdeth greatly of the thing that pleaseth me, and keepeth my covenant -
And in mercy shall the throne be prepared, and he shall sit upon it in the truth, in the tabernacle of David: judging, and seeking judgment, and making haste unto righteousness.
The malicious tyrants when they die, are neither in life nor in the resurrection, for thou visitest them and rootest them out, and destroyest all the memorial of them.
The way of the ungodly is an abomination unto the LORD; but whoso followeth righteousness, him he loveth.
My love is gone down into his garden, unto the sweet smelling beds, that he may refresh himself in the garden, and gather flowers.
"And the ox of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering - whose blood was brought in to make an atonement in the holy place - let one carry out without the host and burn with fire: both their skins, their flesh and their dung.
For great wrath bringeth harm; therefore let him go, and so mayest thou teach him more nurture.
And he took Joseph and put him in prison: even in the place where the king's prisoners lay bound. And there continued he in prison,
And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead. He stood up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
And Delilah said unto Samson, "Hitherto, thou hast beguiled me and told me lies: I pray thee yet, tell me wherewith men may bind thee." And he said unto her, "If thou plaitedest the seven locks of my head with a hair lace and fastenedest them with a nail."
And let him that burneth them, wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water, and then come into the host again.
and in the eleventh year in the month Bul which is the eighth month, it was full finished in all that pertained thereto, and fashioned as it should be in all points. And so was he seven years in building of it.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea thine own lips shape the answer.
Thinkest thou it a small thing of the consolations of God? With thee is a lying word.
And when the ship was caught, and could not resist the wind, we let her go and drave with the weather.
As for Jonathan and Ahimaaz, they stood by the well of Rogel, and a damsel went thither and told them. They went on their way and told King David, for they durst not be seen to come into the city.
And fast by him, the tribe of Manasseh; and the captain over the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur:
And he went to him and kissed him. And he smelled the savour of his raiment and blessed him, and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed.
And the third lot came unto the children of Zebulun according unto their kindreds. And the coasts of their inheritance came to Sarid,
and said unto the elders, "Tarry ye here until we come again unto you: And behold here is Aaron and Hur with you. If any man have any matters to do, let him come to them."
Then spake Festus with deliberation, and answered, "Thou hast appealed unto Caesar: unto Caesar shalt thou go."
Behold therefore, I will repute you as a burden, and will cast you out of my presence: yea and the city also, that I gave you and your fathers.
And then shall those prophets be confounded, everyone of his vision when he prophesieth: neither shall they wear sackcloth anymore, to deceive men withal.
because that thou mayest know that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to pray.
The LORD shall come forth as a giant, and take a stomach to himself like a fresh man of war. He shall roar and cry, and overcome his enemies.
Hear the word of God, all ye that fear the thing which he speaketh. Your brethren that hate you, and cast you out for my name's sake, say "Let the LORD magnify himself, that we may see your gladness," and yet they shall be confounded.
And he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith that lieth before Jordan.
Then his father and mother said unto him, "Is there never a woman of the daughters of thy brethren, among all my people: but that thou must go and fetch a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?" And Samson said unto his father, "Give me this woman for she pleaseth me well."
And when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD and from kneeling on his knees and stretching of his hands up to heaven,
and had a helmet of brass upon his head, and a coat of mail about him. And the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand sicles of brass.
Now, therefore, give me this mountain which the LORD at that time promised, for thou heardest at the time, how the Anakims were there, and how the cities were great and walled. I trust the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out as the LORD said."
There shall not a hand touch it, but that he shall either be stoned or else shot through: whether it be beast or man, it shall not live.' When the horn bloweth, then let them come up in to the mountain."
God spoke once, and twice I have also heard the same, that power belongeth unto God,
Simon answered, and said, "I suppose that he to whom he forgave most." And he said unto him, "Thou hast truly judged."
Then began he to curse and to swear, that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
They shall be holy unto their God, and not pollute the name of their God, for the sacrifices of the LORD and the bread of their God they do offer: therefore they must be holy.
But shalt destroy them without redemption, both the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perezites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee,
But and if the glistering white abide still in one place and go no further, then it is but the print of the boil, and the priest shall judge him clean.
And he went on his journey from the south even unto Bethel, and unto the place where his tent was at the first time between Bethel and Ai,
And yet both these things shall come to thee upon one day, in the twinkling of an eye: Namely widowhood, and desolation. They shall mightily fall upon thee, for the multitude of thy witches, and for the great heap of thy conjurers.
Every man liketh the bread that is gotten in deceit; but at the last his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
and that thou, LORD, art merciful; for thou rewardest every man according to his work.
It happened, that in the eleventh year, and the first day of the Month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
If they now will take heed and be obedient, they shall wear out their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasure and joy.
And these three of the thirty of the lords went down and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave Adullam. And the Host of the Philistines had pitched in the valley of Giants.
and will offer an offering upon the fire unto the LORD, whether it be a burnt offering or a special vow or freewill offering or if it be in your principal feasts to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the oxen or of the flock:
And as soon as the devil was cast out, the dumb spake. And the people marveled, saying, "It was never so seen in Israel."
I should comfort you with my mouth, and release your pain with the talking of my lips.
"O how helpest thou the weak? What comfort givest thou unto him that hath no strength?
Knowest thou not this, namely: that from the beginning - ever since the creation of man upon earth -
And it was told the Gazites, that Samson was come thither. And they went about and laid a wait for him all night in the gate of the city, but were still all the night, saying, "Tarry till the morning that it be day, and then let us kill him."
And Baasha fell on sleep with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son reigned in his stead.
and said to David, "Thou art more righteous than I, for thou hast rewarded me with good, and I have rewarded thee with evil.
The first day shall be a holy feast, so that ye shall do no laborious work therein.
And ye shall possess them and give them unto your children after you, to possess them for ever: and they shall be your bondmen. But over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not reign one over another cruelly.
Then said the LORD, "Whereas my servant Isaiah goeth naked and barefoot, it is a token and signifying of the thing that after three years shall come upon Egypt and Ethiopia.
And they took Lot also; Abram's brother's son, and his goods, for he dwelled at Sodom; and departed.
Thou breakest my weapons of war, and yet through thee I have scattered the nations and kingdoms;
Yea when he helped the oppressed and poor to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came this? But only because he had me before his eyes, sayeth the LORD.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And I said, "I labour in vain and spend my strength for nought, and unprofitably. Howbeit, my cause I commit to the LORD and my travail unto my God."
If thou wilt now regard my commandment, thy wealthiness shall be as the water stream: and thy righteousness as the waves flowing in the sea.
Like as one shooteth deadly arrows and darts out of a privy place, even so doth a dissembler with his neighbour.
The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish.
My foot doth keep his path; his highway have I holden, and will not go out of it.
Why art thou so heavy, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy coasts, but shalt not be anointed with the oil: for thine olive trees shall be rooted out.
And Hilkiah, with them that pertained to the king, went to Huldah, a prophetess, wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe - which prophetess dwelt in Jerusalem in the second ward - and they communed so with her.
Then he said, "God do so and so to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat tarry on him this day!"
And Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and let us make havoc among them until it be day in the morning, and let us not leave one of them." And the people answered, "Do whatsoever thou thinkest best." Then said the priest, "Let us come hither unto God."
And then he laid him to rest with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.
Then the priest answered, "The sword of Goliath, the Philistine whom thou slewest in Oakdale; that is here, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here." And David said, "There is none to that, give it me."
and walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel sin, to anger the LORD God of Israel with their vanities.
Then Moses said unto Korah, "Be thou and all thy company before the LORD: both thou, they, and Aaron tomorrow.
For these nations which thou shalt conquer hearken unto makers of dismal days and bruterers. But the LORD thy God permitteth not that to thee.
that a man in his time is but as grass, and flourisheth as a flower of the field.
I will send in wild beasts upon you, which shall rob you of your children and destroy your cattle, and make you so few in number that your highways shall grow unto a wilderness.
Then died Debora, Rebekah's nurse, and was buried beneath Bethel under an oak. And the name of it was called the oak of lamentation.
and desired favour against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, and laid wait for him in the way to kill him.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me; thou shalt stretch forth thine hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies, and thy righthand shall save me.
And when his disciples saw that, they marveled saying, "How soon is the fig tree withered away!"
He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed, shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.
The Persians, Ethiopians, and with them the Libyans which all bear shields and helmets:
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid. {TYNDALE: For the waves of death have closed me about, and the floods of Belial have feared me.}
He that forsaketh the right street, shall be sore punished; and whoso hateth correction, falleth into death.
"Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: Write up diligently all the words, that I have spoken unto thee, in a book.
I know my God, that thou provest the heart and hast pleasure in plainness. And in plainness of mine heart I have willingly given all this. And now I see thy people, which are here in gladness to offer willingly to thee.
And therefore, see, I will receive ye unto thy fathers and will fetch thee unto thy grave in peace, thine eyes shall see none of the evil which I will bring upon this place." And they brought the king word again.
And Isaiah said, "Bring a lump of figs." And they brought and put it on the sore, and he recovered.
She considereth land, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
he shall be driven from the light into darkness, and cast clean out of the world.
"The LORD shall make thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God and walk in his ways.
His men of war came together, which made their way over me, and besieged my dwelling round about.
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, "Why doth this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go and take off the head of him."
And they took it at the end of three years, which was the sixth of Hezekiah: that is to say the ninth year of Hosea king of Israel, was Samaria won.
And Jonathan, David's brother's son, a man of counsel, a man that taught wisdom, and a writer: he and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni waited on the king's sons.
When Jesus perceived the thoughts of their hearts, he took a child, and set him hard by him,
Then said Pharaoh unto his servants, "Where shall we find such a man as this is, that hath the spirit of God in him?"
In all your idols, whereunto ye bring your oblations, and to whose honour ye burn your children: ye defile yourselves, even unto this day. How dare ye then come, and ask any question at me? O ye household of Israel: As truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, ye get no answer of me.
And even he am I from the beginning, and there is none that can take anything out of my hand. And what I do, can no man change.
Moreover, ye shall kindle no fire throughout all your habitations upon the Sabbath day."
"Moreover, when the LORD hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he hath sworn unto thee and to thy fathers, and hath given it thee,
I have not spoken secretly, neither in dark places of the earth. It is not for naught, that I said unto the seed of Jacob, "Seek me." I am the LORD which, when I speak, declareth the thing that is righteous and true.
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee; he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
But God shall deliver my soul from the power of hell, when he receiveth me. Selah.
My son, thou eatest honey and the sweet honeycomb, because it is good and sweet in thy mouth.
And they rose up early in the morning and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, "Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place of which the LORD said, for we have sinned."
The cords of hell have compassed me about, and the snares of death have overtaken me.
And thus said this Shimei as he cursed, "Come forth, come forth thou blood shedder and thou unthrifty man!
And if his master have given him a wife and she have borne him sons or daughters: then the wife and her children shall be her master's and he shall go out alone.
And he took all these and divided them in the midst, and laid every piece, one over against another. But the fowls divided he not.
Let us depart therefore every man to his tent." And all Israel went from David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clave fast unto the king, from Jordan to Jerusalem.
"'When thou sellest ought unto thy neighbour or buyest of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
And the children of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and asked of God, who should begin the battle against the children of Benjamin, and the LORD said, "Judah shall begin."
And if ye walk contrary unto me and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
And Joseph prepared dwellings for his father and his brethren, and gave them possessions in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land: even in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded.
The sons of Lea: Reuben, Jacob's eldest son, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon.
He shall be unto men, as a defense for the wind, and as a refuge for the tempest, like as a river of water in a thirsty place, and the shadow of a great rock in a dry land.
but they shall do service unto God their LORD, and to David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
I shall put my word also in thy mouth, and defend thee with the turning of my hand: that thou mayest plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, "Thou art my people."
For thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel, 'The pitcher of meal shall not be wasted, neither shall thy oil cruse be without oil, until the LORD have sent rain upon the earth.'"
Nevertheless Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah besought the king, that he would not burn the book: notwithstanding the king would not hear them,
Then said David, "I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father dealt kindly with me." And thereupon David sent messengers to comfort him over the death of his father. And when the servants of David were come into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him,
Such a respect hath he unto men. Therefore let a man confess, and say, 'I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I did unrighteously nevertheless he hath not recompensed me thereafter.
His archers compass me round about; he hath wounded my loins, and not spared. My bowels hath he poured upon the ground.
And the covenant that I have made with you, see ye forget not, and that you fear none other gods:
And moreover spake Moses, "At evening the LORD will give you flesh to eat, and in the morning bread enough, because the LORD hath heard your murmur which ye murmur against him: for what are we? Your murmuring is not against us, but against the LORD."
"The poor delivereth he out of his affliction, and comforteth such as be in necessity and trouble.
Therefore art thou compassed about with snares on every side, and suddenly vexed with fear.
and in the morning ye shall see the glory of the LORD: because he hath heard your grudgings against the LORD - for what are we that ye should murmur against us?"
And he put an image of a grove that he had made, even in the very temple of which the LORD had said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.
Then the Levites arose: Mahath the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah being of the children of the Kohathites; and the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah;
And David and his men went and ran upon the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites: which nations were from the beginning the inhabiters of the land, as men go to Shur, and so forth to Egypt.
And Jonathan Saul's son arose and went to David to the thicket, and strengthened him in God,
And when the men of Israel saw themselves in a strait, and that the people were encumbered, they hid themselves in caves, in privy holes, in rocks, dens and pits.
"O LORD of Hosts, thou God of Israel, which dwellest upon Cherubim; Thou art the God, that only is God of all the kingdoms of the world, for thou only hast created heaven and earth.
And therefore I said unto the children of Israel: See that no soul of you eat blood, nor yet any stranger that sojourneth among you.
Then she said, "Here is my maid, Bilhah: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my lap, that I may be increased by her."
And they went forward upon their way, and the sun went down upon them when they were fast by Gibeah which is in Benjamin.
And he said, "The Jews are determined to desire thee that thou wouldest bring forth Paul tomorrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
Then the Philistines came up and pitched against Judah, and lay in Lehi.
The LORD hath made a faithful oath unto David, and he shall not shrink from it, "Of the fruit of the body shall I set upon thy seat.
But thus shall ye say, every one to another: What answer hath the LORD given? Or what is the LORD's commandment?
But Israel shall be saved in the LORD, which is the everlasting salvation: They shall not come to shame nor confusion, world without end.
A poor man leading a godly life, is better than the rich that goeth in froward ways.
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD: like as when one would gather holy grapes, men say unto him, "Break it not off, for it is holy," even so will I do also for my servants' sakes, that I will not destroy them all.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
{An Instruction of Asaph} O God, wherefore doest thou cast us so clean away? Why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture?
Thy teeth are like sheep that be clipped, which go first up from the washing place: where every one beareth two twins, and not one unfruitful among them.
And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the graves that were in the mount and sent and fetched the bones out of the graves and burnt them upon the altar and polluted it according to the word of the LORD that the man of God had proclaimed, which openly had denounced the same things.
His presumptuous goings shall be kept in, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had her pleasure of her Sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate, she kept Sabbath until she had fulfilled seventy years.
And in the entering of the quyre he made two doors of olive tree, with the upper and two side posts five square.
O deliver me and set me by thee: who shall then be able to thrust my hands together?
"But what shall I do? For all my words, my sorrow will not cease: and though I hold my tongue, yet will it not depart from me.
that thy mind is so puffed up against God and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
And when it was known among the Philistines that David was anointed king upon all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went out against them.
But Amaziah would not hear. And so Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah saw either other at Bethshemesh in Judah.
These are the days of the life of Abraham which he lived: a hundred and seventy five years
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, Bethshean, and her towns: and the inhabiters of Dor, with the towns pertaining to the same: and the inhabiters of Endor with the towns of the same: and the inhabiters of Taanach with her towns and the inhabiters of Megiddo with the towns of the same, even three countries:
namely because thou art expert in all customs, and questions, which are among the Jews. Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Venomous lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD's part was sixty one.
At the same time, when Gog cometh up into the land of Israel, sayeth the LORD God, shall my indignation go forth in my wrath.
Then said they, "Come, let us imagine something against this Jeremiah." Yea, this did even the priests, to whom the law was committed: the Senators, that were the wisest: and the prophets, which wanted not the word of God. "Come," said they, "let us cut out his tongue, and let us not regard his words."
"Judah shall mourn, men shall not go much more through his gates: the land shall be no more had in reputation, and the cry of Jerusalem shall break out.
For thus, O thou people of Zion and ye citizens of Jerusalem, shall ye never be in heaviness; for doubtless he will have mercy upon thee. As soon as he heareth the voice of thy cry, he will help thee.
And I will stir up the Egyptians one against another among themselves, so that one shall be ever against his brother and neighbour, yea one city against another, and one kingdom against another.
A wicked body giveth audience to false lips; and a dissembling person giveth ear to a deceitful tongue.
In the mouth of the foolish is the boasting of lordship; but the lips of the wise will beware of such.
He sent redemption unto his people; he hath commanded his covenant forever. Holy and reverent is his name.
My time is in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
And Aaron said unto them, "Pluck off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons and of your daughters: and bring them unto me."
As for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God, my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever.
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever!' And all nations say 'Amen,' so praising the LORD."
The LORD be judge between thee and me, and the LORD avenge me of thee. But mine hand be not upon thee.
And ye shall make a proclamation the same day that it be a holy feast unto you, and ye shall do no laborious work therein. And it shall be a law forever throughout all your habitations unto your children after you.
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, of this tenor: "Thus sayeth the LORD God of David thy father: 'Because thou walkedst not in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father and in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury, but not unto thy brother, that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to conquer it.
The rest of the acts of Pekah, and all he did, are written in the Stories of the Kings of Israel.
And when they saw him afar off before he came at them, they took counsel against him, for to slay him,
to be a remembrance unto the children of Israel, that no stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer cense before the LORD, that he be not made like unto Korah and his company: as the LORD said unto him by the hand of Moses.
And unto the kindreds of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave out of the tribe of Zebulon: Jokneam with her suburbs; Kartah with her suburbs;
I will make also the name of my holiness to be known among my people of Israel: and I will not let my holy name be evil spoken of any more: but the very Heathen also shall know that I am the LORD, the holy one of Israel.
"Three times in a year shall all thy men children appear before the Lord Jehovah.
and cause him to be slain, and take of his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar,
Many daughters there be that gather riches together, but thou goest above them all.
Jesus answered, "I have not the devil: but I honour my father, and ye have dishonored me.
Thy people shall be all godly and possess the land forever: the flower of my planting, the work of my hands whereof I will rejoice.
Then shall Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish with all their worthies, say unto thee, 'Art thou come to rob? Hast thou gathered thy people together, because thou wilt spoil? To take silver and gold; to carry away cattle and goods; and to have a great prey?'
"Thus sayeth the LORD, which fullfilleth the thing that he speaketh; the LORD which performeth the thing that he taketh in hand; even he, whose name is the LORD:
He that bringeth up an evil report upon the generation of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.
And it became an ordinance in Israel, year by year, that the daughters of Israel should go and lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in a year.
When Hezekiah heard that, he rent his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went in to the temple of the LORD.
And if the trespasser be worthy of stripes, then let the judge cause to take him down and to beat him before his face according to his trespass, unto a certain number.
O come hither and hearken, all ye that fear God; and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul.
I have sufficiently heard thy checking and reproof; therefore am I purposed to make answer after mine understanding.
But he slew not their children as it is written in the law, even in the book of Moses to whom the LORD commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not die for the children's causes, nor the children for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin."
he laid him to rest with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
And this is the duty of the priests, of the people and of them that offer, whether it be ox or sheep: They must give unto the priest, the shoulder and the two cheeks and the maw,
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their privities: from the loins unto the thighs shall they reach.
so that whether he touch her couch or anything whereon she hath sitten, he shall be unclean unto the evening.
But the nation whom they shall serve, will I judge. And afterward shall they come out with great substance.
So that all the cities which were given unto the kindreds of the other children of Kohath, were ten with their suburbs.
And the Angel of the LORD said unto her, "Return to thy mistress again, and submit thyself under her hands."
so that the land was not able to receive them that they might dwell together. For the substance of their riches was so great, that they could not dwell together.
And there the under-captain found a ship of Alexandria ready to sail into Italy, and put us therein,
And her spirit came again, and she rose straightway. And he commanded to give her meat.
Gracious and righteous is the LORD; therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
O LORD my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which are to us-ward; and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. If I should declare them, and speak of them, they should be more than I am able to express.
"When they were come hither, without delay on the morrow I sat to give judgment, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, "Ye be come out as unto a thief with swords and with staves for to take me?
Thou helpest him that doth right with cheerfulness, and them that think upon thy ways. But lo, thou art angry: for we offend, and have been ever in sin, and there is not one whole.
so that all that sought not the LORD God of Israel, should die for it, whether he were small or great, man or woman.
And that thou hast filled me with wrinkles, my flesh is witness; and my leanness riseth up against me and beareth witness thereof in my face.
With pestilence and blood will I punish him: stormy rain and hail stones, fire and brimstone, will I cause to rain upon him and all his heap, yea and upon all that great people that is with him.
and will bring again all the people unto thee. And when all these men which thou seekest are turned to thee, all the people shall have rest."
and set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. And so Jacob kept the rest of Laban's sheep.
And from Lachish, Joshua departed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him, and there besieged it, and assaulted it,
With thy mouth defend the thing that is lawful and right, and the cause of the poor and helpless.
And out of the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with her suburbs; Jahaz with her suburbs;
And the tribe of Benjamin also; and the captain over the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeoni:
"'But thou hast put confidence in thine own beauty, and played the harlot, when thou hadst gotten thee a name. Thou hast committed whoredom with all that went by thee, and hast fulfilled their desires:
This shall be your portion, and the portion of your measure, wherewith ye shall be rewarded of me, sayeth the LORD: because ye have forgotten me, and put your trust in deceitful things.
Ponder these things once in your mind, and wonder: Blinded are they themselves, and the blind guides of others; they are drunken, but not with wine; they are unstable, but not through strong drink.
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he speak evil of thee also, and thou be hurt.
yet shall he remain at Nob that day. After that, shall he lift up his hand against the mount Zion, against the hill of Jerusalem.
The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom, shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
They have opened their mouths wide upon me, and smitten me upon the cheek despitefully, they have eased themselves through mine adversity.
saying, 'This is that portion that the wicked shall have of God, and the heritage that Tyrants shall receive of the Almighty'?
If a man lay not await, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will point thee a place whither he shall flee.
Whoso keepeth the law, is a child of understanding; but he that feedeth riotous men, shameth his father.
and will give his son one, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me, to put my name there.
None of the seed of Aaron that is a leper or that hath a running sore, shall eat of the hallowed things until he be clean. And whosoever toucheth any unclean soul or man whose seed runneth from him by night,
All these had taken strange wives; and among the same wives there were some that had born children.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Thou blewest with thy breath and the sea covered them, and they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Notwithstanding, they drave not out the Cananites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Cananites dwelt among the Ephraimites unto this day, and pay tribute.
And David said again to Achish, "Then thou shalt know what thy servant can do." And Achish said to David, "Then I will make thee keeper of my head forever."
Thus sayeth the LORD God: Woe be unto those foolish prophets that follow their own spirit, and speak where they see nothing.
And from thence launched we and sailed hard by Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
in that thou lovest the LORD thy God, hearkenest unto his voice and cleavest unto him. For he is thy life and the length of thy days, that thou mayest dwell upon the earth which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give them."
for he had made him a great chest, and there had they afore time laid the meat offerings, frankincense, vessel, and the tithes of corn, wine and oil - according to the commandment given to the Levites, singers and porters - and the heave offerings of the priests.
And Hathirsatha said unto them that they should not eat of the most holy, till there came up a Priest with light and perfectness.
'These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us which have borne the burden and heat of the day.'
And David gathered all Israel together from Shihor in Egypt unto Hamath, to bring the Ark of the Lord from Kiriathjearim.
And the coasts of the children of Dan went out from beyond them. For the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and conquered it, and dwelt therein and called it Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, came down and smote them and hewed them: even unto Hormah.
and turneth toward the sun rising to Bethdagon, and met at Zebulun and in the valley of Iphtahel, and toward the northside of Bethemek and Neiel, and goeth out on the left side of Cabul;
And they departed thence and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which river is in the wilderness, and cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
and spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, "The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good land.
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword even no man following them, and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies:
And he that sleepeth in the house shall wash his clothes, and he also that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
And the fashion of the glory of the LORD was like consuming fire on the top of the hill in the sight of the children of Israel.
Now therefore give ye knowledge to the upper captain, and to the council that he bring him forth unto us tomorrow, as though we would know some thing more perfectly of him. But we, or ever he come near, are ready in the mean season to kill him."
The sixth day let them prepare that which they will bring in, and let it be twice as much as they gather in daily."
And Moses spake unto all the multitude of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
And they blessed Rebekah and said unto her, "Thou art our sister, grow into thousand thousands, and thy seed possess the gates of their enemies."
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, and like as dust that the wind taketh away from the floor, and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney.
These are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt, both Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first son.
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Now will I bring again the captives of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and be jealous for my holy name's sake.
The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Thy neck is as it were a tower of ivory; thine eyes are like the water pools in Heshbon, by the port of Bathrabbim. Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which looketh toward Damascus.
{A song and Psalm of Asaph} Hold not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence; refrain not thyself, O God.
I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligently.
Canst thou bind the yoke about him in thy furrows, to make him plow after thee in the valleys?
look well, that thou makest all such as be stubburn, to obey; tread all the ungodly under thy feet,
that it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the ungodly might be shaken out?
For how great a portion shall I have of God from above? And what inheritance from the Almighty on high?
And the thirty ninth year of his reign Asa fell sick of his feet, and that his disease exceeded. And thereto in his sickness he asked no counsel of the LORD, but of Physicians.
But now that God hath sent me adversity, thou hast troubled all my congregation.
"'And I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac, and my covenant with Abraham, and will think on the land.
Ahiam the son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur;
And whoso escapeth the sword of Hazael, him shall Jehu slay: and if any man escape the sword of Jehu, him shall Elisha slay.
And the king said, "What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Let him curse: for the LORD hath bid him curse David. And who dare presume to say wherefore doth he so?"
And Moses went again unto the LORD and said, "O, this people have sinned a great sin and have made them a god of gold:
And after the death of Jobab, Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his room,
In the thirty seventh year of Jehoash king of Judah, began Joash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and continued sixteen years:
A year of horns blowing shall that fiftieth year be unto you. Ye shall not sow neither reap the corn that groweth by itself, nor gather the grapes that grow without thy labour.
And there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel, and the words which he spake unto the king they told their father also.
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can go no further than the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: There came a great Eagle with great wings; yea, with mighty long wings, full of feathers of divers colours; upon the mount of Lebanon, and took a branch from a Cedar tree,
And now I know well that thou shalt be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
and his host, and the number of them, forty five thousand six hundred and fifty.
And when she is cleansed of her issue, let her count her seven days, after that she is clean.
The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their fathers, be judge betwixt us." And Jacob sware by him that his father Isaac feared.
let them depart, that they may go into the country round about, and into the towns, and buy them bread: for they have nothing to eat."
And thou shalt make an alb of bysse, and thou shalt make a mitre of bysse and a girdle of needle work.
They come not only out of far countries, but also from the ends of the heavens: Even the LORD himself with the ministers of his wrath, to destroy the whole land.
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall give presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring gifts.
Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the Ass a bridle, and a rod to the fool's back.
And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them, and made ready the Easter lamb.
And as soon as the word came abroad the children of Israel brought abundance of first fruits of corn, wine, oil and honey, and of all manner of fruits of the field: and the tithes of all manner of things brought they in plenteously.
But yet one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to David,
and then goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and runneth along unto the borders of Archiataroth;
But Sihon, the king of Heshbon, would not let us pass by him; for the LORD thy God had hardened his spirit and made his heart tough because he would deliver him into thy hands as it is come to pass this day.
And whosoever toucheth them, shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean unto evening.
Eltolad, Chesil, and Hormah;
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land. And I brought them word again even as I thought in mine heart.
"The land of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
And the men which Moses sent to search the land, and which - when they came again - made all the people to murmur against it, in that they brought up a slander upon the land;
for the cloud of the LORD was upon the habitation by day, and fire by night: in the sight of all the house of Israel in all their journeys.
And when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, "Whether will ye that I give loose unto you: Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?"
and said unto them, "Why sleep ye? Rise, and pray lest ye fall into temptation."
Now when they fall, they shall be set up with a little help: but many shall cleave unto them fainedly.
"I have trodden the press myself alone, and of all people, there was not one with me. Thus have I trodden down mine enemies in my wrath, and set my feet upon them in my indignation: And their blood sprang upon my clothes, and so have I stained all my raiment.
As for me, this secret is not showed me, for any wisdom that I have, more than any other living: but only that I might show the king the interpretation, that he might know the thoughts of his own heart.
Whoso maketh great boasts and giveth nothing, is like clouds and wind without rain.
And he looked about him: and see, there was a loaf of broiled bread and a cruse of water at his head. And he ate and drank and laid him down again to sleep.
Have I ever rejoiced at the hurt of mine enemy? Or was I ever glad, that any harm happened to him? Oh no.
Sure I am, that thou wilt deliver me unto death: whereas a lodging is prepared for all men living.
Mine own kinfolk have forsaken me, and my friends have put me out of remembrance.
And David took from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen, and brake all the chariots, save that he reserved of them a hundred.
And Job proceeded and went forth in his communication, saying,
Furthermore Shaphan the scribe showed the king saying, "Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me here a book." And Shaphan read it before the king.
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
"The mighty God Jehovah, he knoweth, and Israel shall know if; it be to rebel or transgress against the LORD, then the LORD save us not this day.
This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these ordinances and laws. Keep them, therefore, and do them with all thine heart and all thy soul.
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were under their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under an oak at Shechem.
And if thou return to the city: then shalt thou say unto Absalom, 'I will be thy servant O king: thus long have I been thy father's servant, and now I am thine,' and destroy me the counsel of Ahithophel.
And David sware unto Saul, and Saul went home. But David and his men gat up unto a hold.
Yea, and then the LORD thy God shall bless thee as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and shalt borrow of no man, and shalt reign over many nations, but none shall reign over thee.
They answered him, "We have dreamed a dream, and have no man to declare it." And Joseph said unto them, "Interpreting belongeth to God, but tell me yet."
"Benjamin is a ravishing wolf. In the morning he shall devour his prey, and at night he shall divide his spoil."
And he gave her the hand and lift her up, and called the saints and widows and showed her alive.
She feareth not that the cold of winter shall hurt her house, for all her household folks are double clothed.
But they, as soon as they were departed, spread abroad his name throughout all the land.
Yea, thou shalt come upon my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land. This shall come to pass in the latter days: I will bring thee up into my land, that the Heathen may know me, when I get me honour upon thee; O Gog, before their eyes.
If ye be the people of the LORD, then hearken unto his word: Am I then become a wilderness unto the people of Israel? Or a land that hath no light? Wherefore sayeth my people then, 'We are lords; and we will come no more unto thee'?
Yet remembered he the old time of Moses and his people: How he brought them from the water of the sea, as a shepherd doth with his sheep; how he had given his holy spirit among them;
Thou shalt be a crown in the hand of the LORD, and a glorious garland in the hand of thy God.
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven, and shall immediately come down upon Idumaea, and upon the people which I have cursed for my vengeance.
Wherefore woe be unto thee, O robber: shalt not thou be robbed also? And unto thee that layest wait: as who say there should no wait be laid for thee? Woe unto thee which doest hurt: even so shalt thou be hurt also. And as thou layest wait, so shall wait be laid for thee also.
For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the gentiles, and sing praises unto thy name. {TYNDALE: And therefore I will praise thee O LORD among the heathen, and will sing unto thy name.}
Thy lips are like a rose colored ribbon, thy words are lovely: thy cheeks are like a piece of a pomegranate, within thine hairs.
Their bullock gendereth, and that not out of time: their cow calveth, and is not unfruitful.
And his harness bearer said unto him, "Do all that is in thine heart. Set thee forward; and see, I am with thee, as thine heart lusteth."
But be not thou far from me, O LORD; thou art my succor. Haste thee to help me.
Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thy house, thy children like the olive branches round about thy table.
namely to the shewbread, to the daily meat offering, to the daily burnt offering of the Sabbaths, of the new moons and feast days, and to the things that were sanctified, and to the sin offerings, to reconcile Israel withal, and to all the business in the house of our God.
And he put the staves which he had peeled even before the sheep; in the gutters and watering troughs, when the sheep came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
And when they were come as far as Baalperazim, David beat them there. And David said, "God hath divided mine enemies with mine hand as a man would divide water." And therefore they called the name of the said place Baalperazim.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
I call a bird out of the East, and all that I take in hand, out of far countries, as soon as I command, I bring it hither: as soon as I think to devise a thing, I do it.
One deep calleth another with the voice of thy water-pipes, all thy waves and water floods are gone over me.
But if I may see his right way again, I make him whole, I lead him and restore him unto them whom he maketh joyful, and that were sorry for him.
For through his going in, he shall have dominion over the treasures of silver and gold, and over all the precious jewels of Egypt, Libya and Ethiopia.
And she wrote in the letter, saying, "Proclaim fasting and set Naboth on high among the people,
I desire before God that ye do none evil, not that we should seem commendable: but that ye should do that which is honest, and let us be counted as lewd persons.
and gave after their ability, unto the treasure of the work, one and three score thousand drams, and five thousand pounds of silver, and a hundred priests' garments.
Mourn, O ye shepherds, and cry: sprinkle yourselves with ashes, O ye rams of the flock! For the time of your slaughter is fulfilled, and ye shall fall like vessels cunningly made for pleasure.
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron and said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'With these horns thou shalt winnow the Syrians until thou have made an end of them."
The sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir and Mahazioth.
Let the sea thunder and his fullness, and let the fields rejoice and all that is therein.
stood up before Moses, with other of the children of Israel: two hundred and fifty, heads of the congregation, and councilors, and men of fame.
Is not all the whole land before thee? Depart, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt take the lefthand, I will take the right: or if thou take the righthand I will take the left."
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said that the counsel of Hushai the Archite was better than the counsel of Ahithophel - For it was even the LORD's determination to destroy the counsel of Ahithophel, which was good, that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
Therefore write I these things being absent, lest when I am present I should use sharpness according to the power which the Lord hath given me, to edify, and not to destroy.
Thus was the field of Ephron wherein the double cave is before Mamre - even the field and the cave that is therein, and all the trees of the field which grow in all the borders round about - made sure unto Abraham for a possession,
Behold, then came the glory of the God of Israel from out of the east, whose voice was like a great noise of waters, and the earth was lightened with his glory.
And the saying pleased Absalom well and all the elders of Israel.
All her couches whereon she lieth -as long as her issue listeth - shall be unto her as her couch when she is put apart. And whatsoever she sitteth upon, shall be unclean, as is her uncleanness when she is put apart.
"Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons and unto all the children of Israel and say unto them, 'This is the thing which the LORD charged, saying:
They shall shave themselves, and put sackcloth upon them for thy sake. They shall mourn for thee with heartful sorrow
He that will be rich all too soon, hath an evil eye; and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
And she put her widow's garments off from her and covered her with a cloak, and disguised herself: And sat her down at the entering of Enaim which is by the high way's side to Timnath, for because she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
The hill of Zion is like a fair plant, whereof all the land rejoiceth: upon the north side lieth the city of the great King.
Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains; thy judgments are like the great deep. Thou, LORD, shalt save both man and beast.
If heaven be shut up, that there be no rain, because they have sinned against thee: yet if they pray in this place and praise thy name and turn from their sins, through thy scourging of them:
The eye of the ungodly is like the adulterer, that waiteth for the darkness, and sayeth thus in himself, 'Tush, there shall no man see me,' and so he disguiseth his face.
"Take the book of this law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and let it be there for a witness unto thee.
And it went out on the south side of the going up to Akrabbim, and went along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, and went along the Hezron and went up to Addar, and set a compass to Karka,
And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king for his father in Jerusalem.
And Moses came and called for the elders of Israel, and laid before them all these words which the LORD had commanded him.
Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
And the same day it must be eaten up, so that ye leave none of it until the morrow. For I am the LORD.
And he answered him to never a word: insomuch that the deputy marveled greatly.
But for all that, Pharaoh hardened his heart even then also and would not let the people go.
And as he went over Peniel, the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
"Micah the Morasthite, which was a prophet under Hezekiah king of Judah, spake to all the people of Judah, 'Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall be a heap of stones, and the hill of the LORD's house shall be turned to a high wood.'
Set up a token in the land, blow the trumpets among the Heathen, provoke the nations against her, call the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz against her: set the prince against her, bring as great a sort of horses against her, as if they were grasshoppers.
Their tokens and weapons hast thou turned like clay, and set them up again as the changing of a garment.
{Praise the Everlasting} O praise the name of the LORD! Praise it, O ye servants of the LORD;
And she caught him by the garment, saying, "Come, sleep with me." And he left his garment in her hand and fled and got him out.
Then he that had received the five talents, went and bestowed them, and won other five talents.
For sure it is, that God condemneth no man wrongfully, and the judgment of the Almighty is not unrighteous.
because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, and hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: nevertheless our God turned the curse into a blessing.
And when they came on the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put forth his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.
And she said to them, "Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: 'Tell the man that sent you to me,
Job answered, and said,
And the priests and Levites, the Porters, the singers, and the other of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities."
And David said unto Ahimelech, "Is not here under thine hand other spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor mine harness with me, because the king's business required haste."
And Abijah stood up upon Zemaraim a hill in mount Ephraim and said, "Hear me thou Jeroboam and all Israel!
And they took up Asahel and buried him in the sepulchre of his father in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and came in the dawning to Hebron.
And the ancient heads of the children of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh of the kindred of the children of Joseph, came forth and spake before Moses and the princes which were ancient heads among the children of Israel,
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel. The children of Reuben were, Hanoch, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hanochites; and of Pallu, cometh the kindred of the Palluites;
And Balaam said unto Balak, "Stand by the sacrifice, while I go to know whether the LORD will come and meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me, I will tell thee." And he went forthwith.
And he looked on Amalek and began his parable, and said, "Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall perish utterly."
Wherefore she called the well, "the well of the living that seeth me" which well is between Kadesh and Bered.
Many kinds of voices are in the world, and none of them are without signification.
And when I saw nothing for the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand of them that were with me, and came into Damascus.
Arise and lift up the lad, and take him in thy hand, for I will make of him a great people."
"Behold, God casteth not away the mighty, for he himself is mighty in power and wisdom.
and burnt the house of the LORD and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the great houses burnt he with fire.
Jesus said unto them, "Understand ye all these things?" They said, "Yea, Lord."
Which giveth us more understanding than he doth the beasts of the earth, and teacheth us more than the fouls of heaven?'
Other men shall dwell in his house - which now is none of his - and brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
And when Aaron saw that, he made an altar before it, and made a proclamation saying, "Tomorrow shall be holy day unto the LORD."
Then Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him and to slay him in the morning. But Michal his wife told it him saying, "If thou save not thyself this night, tomorrow thou art a dead man."
and he shall have it and his seed after him, even the covenant of the priest's office forever, because he was jealous for his God's sake and made an atonement for the children of Israel.'"
Then Jonadab the son of Shimeah David's brother answered and said, "Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons: save Amnon only is dead. For that hath been ever in Absalom's mouth since he forced his sister Tamar.
And the king commanded Uriah the Priest, saying, "Upon the great altar set on fire, in the morning, burnt offerings; and in the evening, meat offerings and the king's burnt sacrifice and his meat offering, and the burnt offerings of all the people of the land and their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and pour thereon all the blood of all manner of offerings. But the brazen altar shall be for me, to enquire with."
For it is not a vain word unto you: but it is your life: and through this word ye shall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to conquer it."
but the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and got him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison;
But and if ye will not drive out the inhabiters of the land before you, then those which ye let remain of them, shall be thorns in your eyes and darts in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
But when the farmers saw him, they thought in themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: all these cities are twenty and nine with their villages.
and took six hundred chosen chariots and all the chariots of Egypt and captains upon all his people.
The upper captain let the young man depart and charged him, "See thou tell it out to no man that thou hast showed these things to me."
And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called: and they called the blind, saying unto him, "Be of good comfort, rise, he called thee."
And the chief priest arose, and said to him, "Answerest thou nothing? How is it that these bear witness against thee?"
They that dwell in the cities of Israel, shall go forth and set fire upon the weapons, and burn them: shields and spears, bows and arrows, bills and clubs:
They shall show my people the difference between the holy and unholy, betwixt the clean and unclean.
This shall be written for those that come after, that the people which shall be born may praise the LORD.
at the same time when he shall be there to destroy the whole land of the Philistines. He shall make waste both Tyre and Sidon and all others that are sworn unto them. For the LORD will destroy all Philistia, and the other Isles that be divided from the country.
But ye shall be named the priests of the LORD, and men shall call you the servants of our God. Ye shall enjoy the goods of the Gentiles and triumph in their substance.
give not over thy substance and mind unto women, which are the destruction even of kings.
My covenant will I not break, nor disannull the thing that is gone out of my lips.
{To the Chanter, To Bring Remembrance} Put me not to rebuke, O LORD, in thy anger; O chasten me not in thy heavy displeasure.
He shall send down from on high to fetch me, and shall take me out of many waters. {TYNDALE: He sent from on high and fetched me, and plucked me out of mighty waters.}
For though a root be waxen old and dead in the ground,
And David was then in a hold. And the soldiers of the Philistines were then in Bethlehem.
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that dwelt in the fore entry of the prison. And they let down Jeremiah with cords into a dungeon, where there was no water, but mire.
And he smote them from Aroer unto Minnith, twenty cities. And so forth to the plain of the vineyards, and made an exceeding great slaughter. And thus the children of Ammon were brought under, before the children of Israel.
And they pitched one over against the other seven days, and the seventh day joined battle. And the children of Israel slew of the Syrians, a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
And as they brought out the money that was brought into the house, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.
If a man hallow a piece of his inherited land unto the LORD, it shall be set according to that it beareth. If it bear a homer of barley, it shall be set at fifty sicles of silver.
And Jehoshaphat laid him to sleep with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Jehoram his son reigned in his room.
And Saul asked of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hands?" But he answered him not at that time.
And next to him, Eleazar the son of Dodi the son of Ahohi, one of the three principal that were with David, which - when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together in battle, and the men of Israel were gone up -
Then came the children of Benjamin against the people, till they were drawn a great way from the city. And they began to smite of the people dead - as twice before, by two highways of which one goeth up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah through the field - upon a thirty men of Israel.
that they may be ready against the third day. For the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
The LORD shall command the blessing to be with thee in thy store houses and in all that thou settest thine hand to, and will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
all the inhabiters of the hill country, from Lebanon unto the hot waters even all the Sidonians. I will cast them out from before the children of Israel, and see that thou in any wise divide it by lot unto the children of Israel to inherit, as I have commanded thee.
I am he that made the earth, the men, and the cattle that are upon the ground, with my great power and outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it pleased me.
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD God: Because that Edom hath avenged and eased himself upon the house of Judah,
"Upon Damascus, Hamath and Arpad shall come confusion, for they shall hear evil tidings: they shall be tossed to and fro like the sea that cannot stand still.
Who raiseth up the just from the rising of the Sun, and calleth him to go forth? Who casteth down the people, and subdueth the kings before him: that he may throw them all to the ground with his sword, and scatter them like stubble with his bow?
The LORD's name is worthy to be praised, from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same.
Thus said the LORD also, "Go down in to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there these words,
{A song of the stairs} Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst, "I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him.
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and truth which thou hast showed unto thy servant. For with my staff came I over this Jordan, and now have I gotten two droves.
Yea, gifts have been received in thee to shed blood. Thou hast taken usury and increase, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, sayeth the LORD God.
But if ye will enhance yourselves against me, and accuse me to be a wicked person because of the shame that is come upon me;
and said to the judges, "Take heed what ye do: for ye be not judges in the law of man, but of the LORD - which is with you in the words of the law.
"These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin.
And he did that was right in the sight of the LORD in all points as did David his father.
Thou saidest that thou wouldest surely do me good, and wouldest make my seed as the sand of the sea which can not be numbered for multitude."
The rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his power that he used, are written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
If thou see that thy brother's ass or ox is fallen down by the way, thou shalt not withdraw thyself from them: but shalt help him to heave them up again.
And Moses was angry with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands and over hundreds, which came from war and battle,
And the LORD spake unto Moses the self same day, saying,
An enemy dissembleth with his lips, and in the mean season he imagineth mischief;
Thine eldest sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell upon thy left hand. But thy youngest sister that dwelleth on thy righthand, is Sodom and her daughters.
Go from gate to gate, and prepare the way for the people: cast up gravel, and make the way high and cleanse it of stones, and set up a banner for the people.
But in the seventh Month it happened, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, one of the king's blood, came with them that were greatest about the king, and ten men that were sworn with him: unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizphah, and ate there together.
and come again unto the LORD thy God and hearken unto his voice according to all that I command thee this day - both thou and thy children with all thine heart and all thy soul -
The earth shall give a great crack, it shall have a sore ruin, and take a horrible fall.
Behold: though I cry, yet violence is done unto me. I cannot be heard! Though I complain, there is none to give sentence with me.
he went and took the bones of Saul, and of Jonathan his son, and of the men of Jabesh in Gilead, which they had stolen from the street of Bet-Shean, where the Philistines had hanged them in the days when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa.
But and if ye shall go back and cleave unto the rest of these nations that remain with you and shall make marriages with them, and shall go to them and they come to you:
who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water.
It is not good to regard the person of the ungodly, or to put back the righteous in judgment.
And they said, "Come hither." And they said, "Camest thou not in to sojourn, and wilt thou be now a judge? We will surely deal worse with thee than with them. And as they pressed sore upon Lot and began to break up the door,
There is difference between a virgin and a wife. The single woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be pure both in body and also in spirit: but she that is married, careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
And the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim:
If thou comest nigh them, they say, "Touch me not, for I am holier than thou." All these men when I am angry, shall be turned to smoke and fire, that shall burn forever.
This is the water of strife, because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified upon them.
And Moses went himself alone unto the LORD, but they came not nigh, neither came the people up with him.
Isaac answered and said unto Esau, "Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his mother's children have I made his servants. Moreover, with corn and wine have I established him. What can I do unto thee now my son?"
And thou son of man: thus sayeth the LORD God: Speak unto all the fouls and every bird, yea and to all the wild beasts of the field, 'Heap you together and come; gather you round about upon my slaughter that I have slain for you: even a great slaughter upon the mountains of Israel: eat flesh and drink blood.
But though he do cast off, yet according to the multitude of his mercies, he receiveth to grace again.
in the which they found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor yet with unquietness.
In the tenth year, upon the twelfth day of the tenth Month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Then answered I, "O LORD God, the prophets say unto them, 'Tush, ye shall see no sword, and no hunger shall come upon you, but the LORD shall give you continual rest in this place.'"
And my people shall dwell in the inns of peace, in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is enough in them all.
Then went Ahab unto his house wayward and evil apaid, because of the words which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken unto him, saying, "I will not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers." And he laid him down upon his bed and turned away his face, and would eat no meat.
but he rewardeth the works of man, and causeth every man to find according to his ways.
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which is never without drink. Thy womb is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies;
If there be any man that is unclean by the reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, let him go out of the host and not come in again,
even Asaph the chief, and next to him Zachariah then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obededom, and Jeiel with Psalteries and harps. But Asaph with sounding cymbals,
"For the same cause do my thoughts compel me to answer. And why? My mind is tossed here and there.
The Levites: The children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, four and seventy.
And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place that was toward the south and fell on his face to the ground and bowed himself three times. And they kissed one another and wept together - but David more abundantly.
The first lot fell to Jehoiarib. The second to Jedaiah.
But the same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
But his father and mother wist not that it was the LORD's doing, and that he sought an occasion of the Philistines, which at that time reigned over Israel.
Then Joseph said unto Pharaoh, "Both Pharaoh's dreams are one. And God doth show Pharaoh what he is about to do.
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, "Is it I, master?"
And if, when the priest looketh on him the seventh day, it be grown abroad in the skin, let him judge him unclean: for it is a leprosy.
These, when they were young, began to play the harlots in Egypt. There were their breasts bruised, and the paps of their maidenhead destroyed.
And see that ye make none after the making of that, but let it be unto you holy for the LORD.
And I will send an angel before thee, and will cast out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
Yea therefore sayeth the LORD God: Behold O Tyre, I will upon thee, I will bring a great multitude of people against thee, like as when the sea ariseth with his waves:
"'Behold, all they that use common proverbs, shall use this proverb also against thee: 'Like mother, like daughter.'
Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the LORD, and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies.
Thou showest mercy upon thousands, thou recompensest the wickedness of the fathers, into the bosom of the children that come after them. Thou art the great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD of Hosts:
I will feed them also with the flesh of their sons and their daughters. Yea every one shall eat up another in the besieging and straightness, wherewith their enemies, that seek their lives, shall keep them in.'
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, see thou forsake not; but go not into thy brother's house in time of thy trouble. Better is a friend at hand than a brother far off.
But the rich man's goods are his stronghold, yea he taketh them for a high wall round about him.
These words following preached he to the Egyptians concerning the Host of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, when he was in Carchemish beside the water of Euphrates: what time as Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon slew him; In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
Therefore shall I turn thy clothes over thy head, and uncover thy thighs, that thy privates may be seen:
{A prayer of the afflicted, when he was in woe, and poured out his complaint before the Lord} Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my crying come unto thee.
And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and heaven with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out toward Jerusalem. Then fell David and the elders of Israel, clothed in sack, upon their faces.
Then said he to his servants, 'The wedding was prepared: but they which were bidden thereto, were not worthy.
And Matiithiah, one of the Levites, the eldest son of Shallum the Korahite, had the oversight of the things that were baken in the frying pan.
Like as a shepherd among the flock seeketh after the sheep that are scattered abroad, even so will I seek after my sheep, and gather them together out of all places, where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
And the LORD said unto me, 'They have well spoken;
I plant in the waste ground trees of Cedar, Box, Mire and Olives. And in the dry I set Fir trees, Elms, and Hawthorns together.
And David waxed fainty, and Ishbi of Nob one of the sons of the Giants whose spear head weighed three hundredth sicles of brass, and was girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
Then said Laban unto him, "If I have found favour in thy sight - for I suppose that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake -
Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the necks of their fathers that did not believe the LORD their God.
Hearken unto me, my people; and turn your ears to me, my folk. There shall a law go out from me, and my judgment will I establish to be a light unto nations.
Into Magog, and among those that sit so carelessly in the isles, will I send a fire, and they shall know, that I am the LORD.
Then said they, "What need we any further witness? We ourselves have heard of his own mouth."
Upon thy wings is found the blood of poor and innocent people; and that not in corners and holes only, but openly in all these places.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums, and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death.
Consider this well, and be ashamed. Go into your own selves, O ye renegades.
He that is wise loveth his own soul; and whoso hath understanding, shall prosper.
Thou art the fairest among the children of men; full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.
And Araunah the king's friend gave all to the king, and said moreover unto the king, "The LORD thy God accept thee."
and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering, and offer with the burnt offering or any other offering when it is a lamb.
"'Cursed be he that curseth his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
His belly could never be filled; therefore shall he perish in his covetousness.
And now behold, the LORD hath kept me lusty, as he said, this forty and five years, even since the LORD spake unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness. And now see I am this day four score and five years:
Now, therefore, write ye this song, and teach it the children of Israel and put it in their mouths - that this song may be my witness unto the children of Israel.
"And as for thee, O my servant Jacob, fear not, sayeth the LORD; and be not afraid, O Israel. For lo, I will help thee also from far, and thy seed from the land of their captivity. And Jacob shall turn again, he shall be in rest, and have a prosperous life, and no man shall make him afraid.
Then answered Rabshakeh, "Think ye, that the king sent me to speak this only unto you? Hath he not sent me to them also, that lie upon the wall? That they be not compelled to eat their own dung, and drink their own stale with you?"
{A song of the stairs} When I am in trouble, I call upon the LORD, and he answereth me.
In the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
Howbeit, there were certain Jews out of Asia, which ought to be here present before thee, and accuse me, if they had ought against me:
And she said unto him, "My father, if thou have opened thy mouth unto the LORD, then do with me according to that proceeded out of thy mouth, forasmuch as the LORD hath avenged thee of thine enemies the children of Ammon."
When the seventh day is come, he shall shave off all his hair both upon his head and his beard and on his brows: and even all the hair that is on him, shall be shaven off. And he shall wash his clothes and his flesh in water, and then he shall be clean.
It were better to come against a she Bear robbed of her whelps, than against a fool in his foolishness.
A discreet servant shall have more rule than the sons that have no wisdom, and shall have like heritage with the brethren.
So shall the king have pleasure in thy beauty; for he is thy LORD, and thou shalt worship him.
And likewise, if a stranger that is not of thy people Israel come out of a far country for thy name's sake
But Barzillai said unto the king, "Of what age am I of, that I should go with the king into Jerusalem?
But pluck you up your hearts and let not your hands faint, for your works shall be rewarded."
then hearken thou up to heaven, and work and judge thy servants, that thou condemn the wicked to bring his way upon his head, and justify the righteous to give him according to his righteousness.
And he said, "LORD God of my master Abraham, send me good speed this day, and show mercy unto my master Abraham.
And Balaam said unto Balak, "Lo, I am come unto thee. But I can say nothing at all, save what God putteth in my mouth that must I speak."
These are the ordinances, judgements, and laws which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
And Aaron shall have it upon him when he ministereth, that the sound may be heard when he goeth into the holy place before the LORD and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Behold, I make the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and he maketh a weapon after his handy work. I make also the waster to destroy:
And Paul called one of the under captains unto him, and said, "Bring this young man unto the high captain: for he hath a certain thing to show him."
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are tangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.'
The correction of the wise is, to an obedient ear, a golden chain and a Jewel of gold.
It is not we that can find out the Almighty: for in power, equity, and righteousness, he is higher than can be expressed.
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us. Neither know we what to do: but our eyes be unto thee."
Then said the rulers and the people unto the priests and prophets, "This man may not be condemned to death, for he hath preached unto us in the name of the LORD our God."
The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise; and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.
They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house, and thou shalt give them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Give sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people; O deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man.
And one that is clean, shall go and take up the ashes of the cow, and put them without the host in a clean place, where they shall be kept to make sprinkling water for the multitude of the children of Israel: for it is a sin offering.
And David took the crown of their king off his head, and found therein the weight of a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it, and it was set on David's head. And he brought out also the spoil of the city, which was exceeding much.
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the fields, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a grave: shall be unclean seven days.
Among the children of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
And in the first day of your months, ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD: two young bullocks, and a ram, and seven lambs of a year old without spot,
And as Jehu entered at the gate she said, "Had Zimri peace which slew his master?"
But when he went before the LORD to speak with him, he took the covering off until he came out. And he came out and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
And with thy great glory thou hast destroyed thine adversaries! Thou sentest forth thy wrath and it consumed them, even as stubble.
And Rabshakeh went back again and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah: for he had heard how that he was departed from Lachish.
Then when Paul had appealed to be kept unto the knowledge of Caesar, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar."
He said unto them, "How many loaves have ye? Go and look." And when they had searched, they said, "Five, and two fishes."
The Topaz that cometh out of Ethiopia may in no wise be likened unto her: yea, no manner of apparel how pleasant and fair soever it be.
I will pour plenteousness upon the hearts of the priests, and my people shall be satisfied with good things, sayeth the LORD."
{To the chanter, upon the domme stock dove, which flyeth far off: Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath} Be merciful unto me, O God, for men will tread me down: they are daily fighting and troubling me.
and their best fields shall lie dead because of the horrible wrath of the LORD.
And therefore, thus sayeth the LORD against Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah king of Judah, "They shall not mourn for him as they used to do, 'Alas brother, alas sister.' Neither shall they say unto him, 'Alas sir, alas for that noble prince.'
Righteousness keepeth the innocent in the way; but ungodliness shall overthrow the sinner.
That head that standeth upon thee is like Carmel; the hair of thy head is like the king's purple folden up in plates.
Mine own wife may not abide my breath, I was fain to speak fair for the children of mine own body.
know this then: that it is God which hath handled me so violently, and hath compassed me about with his net.
But when thy days be expired, that thou must go after thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons and will settle his kingdom.
Art thou the first man that ever was born? Or, wast thou made before the hills?
and said unto Moses, "Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up unto the LORD against the sun, that the wrath of the LORD may turn away from Israel."
And the took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire, and stamped it unto powder and strowed it in the water, and made the children of Israel drink.
For the LORD brought Judah low, because of Ahaz king of Judah which made Judah naked and transgressed against the LORD.
then he said unto them, "Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify unto you this day: that ye command them unto your children, to observe and do all the words of this law.
And all Israel that were about them, fled at the cry of them. For they said, "The earth might haply swallow us also."
And when he had buried him, he spake to his sons, saying, "When I am dead, see that ye bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried, and lay my bones by his.
And Gideon the son of Joash died, when he was of a good age, and was buried in the burial of Joash his father, even in Ophrah that pertained unto the father of the Abiezrites.
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Ye have troubled me, and made me stink unto the inhabiters of the land, both to the Canaanites and also unto the Perizzites. And I am few in number. Wherefore they shall gather themselves together against me and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed."
and unto the place of the altar which he made before. And there called Abram upon the name, of the LORD.
and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and came into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
he smote Jeremiah, and put him in the stocks, that are by the high gate of Benjamin, in the house of the LORD.
Be glad ye heavens, whom the LORD hath made, let all that is here beneath upon the earth, be joyful. Rejoice ye mountains and woods, with all the trees that are in you: for the LORD shall redeem Jacob, and show his glory upon Israel.
Why boastest thou thy ways so highly, to obtain favour therethrough, when thou hast yet stained them with blasphemies?
As for all the gods of the Heathen, they are but Idols, but it is the LORD that made the heavens. {TYNDALE: For all the gods of the heathen are Idols; But the LORD made the heavens.}
And Ahab said to Elijah, "Hast thou found me thine enemy at any time?" And he said, "Yea, because thou art utterly given to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD.
And when they had finished all this, then all Israel that were found in cities of Judah went out and brake the Images and cut down the groves, and all to break the hill altars and the other altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had made an end of them. And afterward all the children of Israel returned every man to his possession in their own cities.
And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam. And his spearhead weighed six hundred sicles of iron. And one bearing a shield went before him.
Come hither, therefore, ye charmer's children; ye sons of the adulterer and the whore.
At the same time were there men appointed over the treasure chests - wherein were the Heave offerings, the firstlings and the tithes - that they should gather them out of the fields about the cities, to distribute them unto the priests and Levites according to the law: for Judah was glad of the priests, and Levites,
When I was angry, I hid my face from thee for a little season, but through everlasting goodness shall I pardon thee, sayeth the LORD thine avenger.
And in all this make we a sure covenant, and write it, and let our princes, Levites, and priests seal it."
"And Aaron shall offer the ox for his sin offering and make an atonement for him and for his house.
And let the priest take cypress wood, and Hyssop and purple cloth, and cast it upon the cow as she burneth.
And David beat Hadadezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to bring his dominion unto the river Euphrates.
After him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite, which - when the Philistines were gathered together in Lehi, where was a parcel of land full of rice, and the people were fled for fear of the Philistines -
And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his harness bearer made was upon a twenty men, within the compass as it were about a half acre of land.
And Israel set layers await against Gibeah round about.
that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and of high captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all free men and bond men, and of small and great."