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remembering that he that is such, is perverted, and sinneth, even damned by his own judgement.
"What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them doth not leave ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find him?
When Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. Of hope, and of resurrection from death I am judged."
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his son Jesus, whom ye delivered and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged him to be loosed:
And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees did fast, and they therefore came and said unto him, "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not?"
Then came there a dearth over all the land of Egypt, and Canaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance.
And he said unto her, "What wilt thou have?" She said unto him, "Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand in thy kingdom."
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection. And they asked him,
that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
that ye may be faultless, and pure, and the sons of God; without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and a perverse nation, among which see that ye shine as lights in the world,
Let us swallow them up like the hell, let us devour them quick and whole, as those that go down into the pit.
Be not ye like your forefathers, unto whom the Prophets cried afore time, saying, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God of hosts: Turn you from your evil ways, and from your wicked imaginations.' But they would not hear, nor regard me, sayeth the LORD.
It happened afterward, that the LORD spake to me again, and said, "What seest thou? And I said: I do see a seething pot, looking out of the north hitherward."
{An exhortation to the earnest praising of God} O come, let us sing unto the LORD; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
And he answered them, "I am a Hebrew: and the LORD God of heaven which made both sea and dry land, I fear."
These are the sermons that were showed unto Amos, which was one of the shepherds at Tekoa, upon Israel, in the time of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished those sayings, he got him from Galilee, and came in to the coasts of Jewry beyond Jordan;
a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.
And when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David; insomuch that Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Remember them that are in bonds, even as though ye were bound with them. Be mindful of them which are in adversity, as ye which are yet in your bodies.
He that overcometh shall be clothed in white array, and I will not put out his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my father, and before his angels.
Likewise must the deacons be honest, not double tongued, not given unto much drinking, neither unto filthy lucre:
Unto me, the least of all saints, is this grace given; that I should preach among the gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
And then Rabshakeh said unto them, "Tell ye Hezekiah, I pray you, 'Thus sayeth the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this that thou hast?
By faith was Enoch translated that he should not see death; neither was he found, for God had taken him away. Before he was taken away, he was reported of that he had pleased God.
for then must he have often suffered since the world began: But now in the end of the world, hath he appeared once, to put sin to flight, by the offering up of himself.
Let not that business which ye have in hand be tedious to you. Be fervent in the spirit. Apply yourselves to the time.
Ye are gone quite from Christ as many as are justified by the law, and are fallen from grace.
Among the children of Joseph: In Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; In Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
that thou keep the commandment, and be without spot and unrebukable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Believe me, that I am in the father, and the father in me. At the least believe me for the very works' sake.
And there was a certain woman, which was diseased of an issue of blood twelve years,
I have trust toward you in God, that ye will be none otherwise minded. He that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whatsoever he be.
When the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil nation. They seek a sign, and there shall no sign be given them, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and went. And the same day was the Sabbath day.
When even was come, his disciples came to him saying, "This is a desert place, and the day is spent, let the people depart that they may go in to the towns, and buy them victuals."
When Jesus perceived that they would come, and take him up to make him King, he departed again: into a mountain, himself alone.
But he said unto them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said, "We have no more but five loaves and two fishes, except we should go and buy meat for all this people."
After this I saw in a vision by night, and behold, the fourth beast was grim and horrible, and marvelous strong. It had great iron teeth, it devoured and destroyed, and stamped the residue under feet. It was far unlike the other beasts that were before it: for it had ten horns, whereof I took good heed.
Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy people.' These are the words which thou shalt say unto the children of Israel."
And I said unto them, "If ye think it good, bring hither my price: if no, then leave." So they weighed down thirty silver pens, the value that I was prized at.
Elizabeth's time was come that she should be delivered; And she brought forth a son.
O Woe be to the proud wealthy in Zion, to such as think them so sure upon the mount of Samaria: which hold themselves for the best of the world, and rule the house of Israel, even as they list.
And likewise also the men left the natural use of the woman, and burnt in their lusts, one on another, among themselves. And man with man wrought filthiness: and received in themselves the reward of their error, as it was according.
And when he was come to the other side, into the country of the Gergesites, there met him two possessed of devils, which came out of the graves, and were out of measure fierce, so that no man might go by that way.
Wake up ye drunkards, and weep: mourn all ye wine sippers because of your sweet wine, for it shall be taken away from your mouth.
which were in time past disobedient, when the long suffering of God abode exceeding patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few - that is to say eight souls - were saved by water,
Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD! Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!
Better is a little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure; for they are not without sorrow.
While he was speaking, there came yet another, and said, "Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us.
Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Where is neither gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarous or Scythian, bond or free: But Christ is all in all things.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw in a vision, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
The thing that hath been, cometh to pass again; and the thing that hath been done, again is done - there is nothing new under the Sun.
Ye shall not rent your flesh for any soul's sake, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Then said she unto Elijah, "What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Art thou come unto me, that my sin should be thought on and my son slain?"
And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days, for there was none open vision.
And as for Jezebel, the dogs shall eat her in the field of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.'" And he opened the door and fled.
Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD: thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt die.'" And Elijah departed.
And Moses came down from mount Sinai, and the two tables of witness in his hand, and yet he wist not that the skin of his face shone with beams of his communing with him.
And yet ye say, 'Wherefore?' Even because that whereas the LORD made a covenant betwixt thee and the wife of thy youth, thou hast despised her: Yet is she thine own companion and married wife.
And all that moveth upon the earth, having life, shall be your meat: Even as the green herbs, so give I you all things.
"Strive with yourselves to enter in at the strait gate: For many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, "Ye know that the Lords of the gentiles have domination over them. And they that are great exercise power over them.
Therefore seeing that we have such an office, even as mercy is come on us, we faint not:
yet our hope is steadfast for you inasmuch as we know how, that as ye have your part in afflictions, so shall ye be partakers of consolation.
For ye are dearly bought. Therefore glorify ye God in your bodies and in your spirits, for they are God's.
Yet standeth the LORD waiting, that he may have mercy upon you, and lifteth himself up, that he may receive you to grace. For the LORD God is righteous. Happy are all they that wait for him.
God is able to make you rich in all grace, that ye in all things having sufficient unto the utmost, may be rich unto all manner good works,
And they were in the way, going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus went before them. And they were amazed. And as they followed, were afraid. And Jesus took the twelve again, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him.
And when there was much disputing, Peter rose up and said unto them, "Ye men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago, God chose among us that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
When ye hold out your hands, I will turn my eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet will I hear nothing at all; for your hands are full of blood.
A good name is more worth than great riches; and loving favour is better than silver and gold.
In the mean season while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three armies, and fell upon thy camels, which they have carried away: yea, and slain thy servants with the sword, and I only am gotten away, to tell thee."
According to the grace of God given unto me, as a wise builder have I laid the foundation; and another hath built thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth upon.
without understanding, covenant-breakers, unloving, truce-breakers, and merciless.
Come on, let us play wisely with them: lest they multiply, and then - if there chance any war - they join themselves unto our enemies and fight against us, and so get them out of the land."
"'Keep mine ordinances. Let none of thy cattle gender with a contrary kind, neither sow thy field with mingled seed, neither shalt thou put on any garment of linen and woollen.
For Christ sent me not to baptise, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should have been made of none effect.
and he showed the riches and glory of his kingdom, and the glorious worship of his greatness, many days long, even a hundred and fourscore days.
Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it, because of David thy father: but I will take it from thy son.
And the fifth angel blew, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth. And to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Jesus said to him, "Why callest thou me good? There is no man good but one, which is God.
But this I confess unto thee, that after that way, which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets,
And what shall I more say? The time would be too short for me to tell of Gideon, of Barach, and of Samson, and of Jephthah. Also of David and Samuel, and of the prophets,
Wherefore now are they not twain, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder, that which God hath coupled together."
And it came to pass in the beginning of a new year, in the times when kings are wont to go forth to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel. And they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
And in the same house tarry still, eating and drinking such as they have. For the laborer is worthy of his reward. Go not from house to house:
And shall give sentence among the multitude of the Heathen and reform the people of far countries: so that of their swords they shall make plowshares, and scythes of their spears. One people shall not lift up a sword against another, yea they shall no more learn to fight.
Behold, I shall make a new thing, and shortly shall it appear. Ye shall well know it; I told it you afore, but I will tell it you again. I will make streets in the desert, and rivers of water in the wilderness.
For thou thoughtest in thine heart, "I will climb up into heaven, and make my seat above the stars of God; I will sit also upon the holy mount toward the North;
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
"Behold, I have made thee a light, that thou shouldest be salvation, even unto the end of the world. Kings shall see, and rulers shall stand up and shall worship, because of the LORD, which is faithful; and the holy of Israel hath chosen thee.
Babes, I write unto you how that your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
To Titus, his natural son in the common faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ our saviour.
But they that fear God, say thus one to another, 'The LORD considereth and heareth it. Yea, it is before him a memorial book, written for such as fear the LORD, and remember his name.'
No manner chastising for the present time seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it bringeth the quiet fruit of righteousness unto them which are therein exercised.
And the young man that told him, said, "I was by chance in mount Gilboa. And see, Saul leaned upon his spear, and the chariots and horsemen followed him at the heels.
not after the covenant that I made with their fathers, when I took them by the hand, and led them out of the land of Egypt: which covenant they brake, wherefore I punished them sore, sayeth the LORD:
The God of peace tread Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
For as soon as he hath looked on himself, he goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what his fashion was:
These are the commandments, ordinances and laws which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
They skipped up upon the hills, as it were the sound of chariots; as the flame of fire that consumeth the straw, and as a mighty people ready to the battle.
Neither was there any among them that lacked. For as many as were possessors of lands or houses, sold them and brought the price of the things that were sold,
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God. And the same is that spirit of antichrist, of whom ye have heard, how that he should come: and even now already is he in the world.
giving thanks always for all things unto God the father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:
And Nehemiah - which is Hathirsatha - and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites that caused the people to take heed, said unto all the people, "This day is holy unto the LORD your God: be not ye sorry therefore, and weep not." For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
let the same know, that he which converted the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide the multitude of sins. {Here ends the General Epistle of James}
whom resist, steadfast in the faith, remembering that ye do but fulfill the same afflictions which are appointed to your brethren that are in the world.
But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, therefore he brought you out of Egypt with a mighty hand and delivered you out of the house of bondage; even from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
For Ezra prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach the precept and judgment in Israel.
For false Christs shall arise, and false prophets; And shall show miracles and wonders, to deceive if it were possible, even the elect.
We know that all that are born of God, sin not: but he that is born of God keepeth himself, and that wicked toucheth him not.
Whereof we have many things to say which are hard to be uttered: because ye are dull of hearing.
And Jesus said unto them, "Follow me, and I will make you to be fishers of men."
The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a mighty arm brought them out of it.
He that goeth in the company of wise men, shall be wise; but whoso is a companion of fools shall be hurt.
Whether we be troubled for your consolation and salvation, which salvation showeth her power in that ye suffer the same afflictions which we also suffer; or whether we be comforted for your consolation and salvation:
Righteousness setteth up the people; but wickedness bringeth folk to destruction.
Wherefore whosoever shall eat of this bread, or drink of the cup unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
Either, what woman having ten groats, if she lose one, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently, till she find it?
Full gracious is the LORD, and a stronghold in time of trouble. He knoweth them that put their trust in him:
Then Jesus said then unto his disciples: "Verily I say unto you, it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
The hatred of Ephraim and the enmity of Judah shall be clean rooted out. Ephraim shall bear no evil will to Judah, and Judah shall not hate Ephraim:
And they were filled full of madness, and communed one with another, what they might do to Jesus.
And Cain talked with Abel his brother. And as soon as they were in the fields, Cain fell upon Abel his brother and slew him.
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh. Insomuch that though we have known Christ after the flesh, now henceforth know we him so no more.
The Sun ariseth, the sun goeth down, and returneth to his place, that he may there rise up again.
And there shall enter into it none unclean thing; neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh lies, but they only which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
But the heavens verily and earth which are now, are kept by the same word in store, and reserved unto fire, against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
And he beheld them all in compass, and said unto the man, "Stretch forth thy hand." And he did so, and his hand was restored, and made as whole as the other.
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel containing this tenor, "Now when this letter is come up to thee: Behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou shouldest rid him of his leprosy."
and the third part of the creatures which had life died, and the third part of ships were destroyed.
but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb undefiled, and without spot,
and because they could not come nigh unto him for press, they uncovered the roof of the house where he was. And when they had broken it open, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. And their power was to hurt men five months.
Neither showed I myself that I knew anything among you save Jesus Christ, even the same that was crucified.
For if one piece be holy, the whole heap is holy. And if the root be holy, the branches are holy also.
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law: but under grace? God forbid.
And when the sixth hour was come, darkness arose over all the earth, until the ninth hour.
And I shall give you children to be your princes, sayeth the LORD, and babes shall have the rule of you.
In those days when there was a very great company, and had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said unto them,
And I heard the voice of much people, even as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of strong thunderings, saying, "Hallelujah, for God omnipotent reigneth.
Then at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, that is to wete, the house of the LORD and the king's palace -
But these speak evil of those things which they know not. In those things which they know naturally - as beasts which are without reason - they corrupt themselves.
from twenty years and above: even all that are able to go forth into war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them in their armies.
which things also we speak - not in the cunning words of man's wisdom, but with the cunning words of the holy ghost, making spiritual comparisons of spiritual things.
"Go through the midst of the host, and command the people, saying, 'Prepare you victuals: for after three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go and enjoy the land which the LORD your God giveth you, to possess it.'"
He came up as a spray before him, and as a root out of a dry land. There was neither fashion or beauty on him. And when we looked on him, there was no godliness that we should lust after him.
But the LORD prepared a great fish, to swallow up Jonah. And so was Jonah in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.
Let fear and dread fall upon them through the greatness of thine arm, and let them be as still as a stone, while thy people pass through, O LORD; while the people pass through, which thou hast gotten.
saying, "Where is he that is born King of the Jews? We have seen his star in the East and are come to worship him."
He said unto him, 'If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, though one rose from death again.'"
I speak to you gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the gentiles I will magnify mine office
And out of the seat proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire, burning before the seat, which are the seven spirits of God.
And he said unto his folk, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
Peter answered him, and said, "Master, if thou be he, bid me come unto thee on the water."
As it is written, "I have made thee a father to many nations," even before God whom thou hast believed, which quickeneth the dead and called those things which be not, as though they were.
and they that go to it with violence pluck it unto them. For all the prophets and the law prophesied unto the time of John.
My son, mark my words, and incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied before of such saying, "Behold, the Lord shall come with thousands of saints,
The same day be turned to darkness, and not regarded of God from above, neither let the light shine upon it:
When they were come and had gathered the congregation together, they rehearsed all that God had done by them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
And he took the dragon, that old serpent which is the devil and Satan, and he bound him a thousand years:
But I will show you, whom ye shall fear. Fear him which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea I say unto you, him fear.
In their adversity they shall seek me, and say, "Come, let us turn again to the LORD: for he hath smitten us, and he shall heal us;
When much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of all cities, he spake by a similitude,
Hannah answered, and said, "Not so, my lord. I am a woman sorrowful in mine heart, and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
To the saints which are at Colossae, and brethren that believe in Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
And the Lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
But the prophet which shall presume to speak ought in my name which I commanded him not to speak, and he that speaketh in the name of strange gods, the same prophet shall die.'
But the more they vexed them, the more they multiplied and grew: so that they abhorred the children of Israel.
And he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the highest priest asked him, and said unto him, "Art thou the Christ, the son of the blessed?"
"Learn a similitude of the fig tree: when his branches are yet tender, and his leaves sprung, ye know that summer is nigh.
And Paul laid his hands upon them: and the holy ghost came on them, and they spake with tongues and prophesied;
and tarried behind; himself alone. And there wrestled a man with him unto the breaking of the day.
For our exceeding tribulation, which is momentary and light, prepareth an exceeding and eternal weight of glory unto us,
saying, "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. That thou seest, write in a book and send it unto the congregations which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea."
The LORD suffereth long, he is of great power, and so innocent that he leaveth no man faultless before him. The LORD goeth forth in tempest and stormy weather; the clouds are the dust of his feet.
There is one law giver, which is able to save and to destroy. What art thou that judgest another man?
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"
For thus sayeth God the LORD unto him, even he that made the heavens, and spread them abroad, and set forth the earth with her increase: which giveth breath unto the people that is in it, and to them that dwell therein,
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
Ye sow much, but ye bring little in; Ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled; ye deck yourselves, but ye are not warm; and he that earneth any wage, putteth it in a broken purse.
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, 'Ye have seen how that I have talked with you from out of heaven.
{Aleph} Alas, how sitteth the city so desolate, that some time was full of people? How is she become like a widow, which was the lady of all nations? How is she brought under tribute, that ruled all lands?
Whosoever eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, the same hath eternal life: And I will raise him up at the last day.
Because of the labour of his soul, he shall see and be satisfied. With his knowledge, he, being just, shall justify my servants: and that a great number. And he shall bear their iniquities.
Then said he unto me, "Fear not, Daniel: for why? Since the first day that thou set thine heart to understand, and didst chasten thyself before thy God: thy words have been heard. And I had come unto thee, when thou begannest to speak,
Doth a bird fall in a snare upon the earth where no fouler is? Taketh a man his snare up from the ground, afore he catch somewhat?
Jesus answered and said unto them, "Ye are deceived, and understand not what the scripture meaneth, nor yet the power of God.
which was ordained before the world was made: but was declared in the last times for your sakes.
These shall fight with the lamb, and the lamb shall overcome them: For he is Lord of Lords, and King of Kings: and they that are on his side, are called, and chosen, and faithful."
Above all, take to you the shield of faith, wherewith ye may quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And he said unto them, "Well, ye cast aside the commandment of God, to maintain your own traditions.
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered: and men gather it and cast it into the fire, and it burneth.
He put his sepulchre with the wicked, and with the rich in his death: because he did none iniquity, neither was guile found in his mouth.
to be of discreet, chaste, housewifely, good, and obedient unto their own husbands, that the word of God be not evil spoken of.
And while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The fire of God is fallen from heaven, it hath consumed, and burnt up all thy sheep and servants: and I only ran my way, to tell thee."
And he said, "Take it up to thee." And the other stretched his hand and caught it.
Then when Judas, which betrayed him, saw that he was condemned, he repented himself; and brought again the thirty plates of silver to the chief priests and elders,
For if Joshua had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
'I am the LORD thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt the house of bondage.
Then Judah said unto Simeon his brother, "Come with me into my lot, and let us fight against the Cananites: And I likewise will go with thee into thy lot." And so Simeon went with him.
Then shall they put you to trouble, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake:
For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent that I might have knowledge of your faith, lest haply the tempter had tempted you, and that our labour had been bestowed in vain.
I know a man in Christ above fourteen years agone - whether he were in the body I cannot tell, or whether he were out of the body I cannot tell; God knoweth - which was taken up into the third heaven.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, breaking of wedlock, whoredom, theft, false witness-bearing, blasphemy.
But the just shall live by faith. And if he withdraw himself, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
I am glad of the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
Jesus heard that they had excommunicated him: and as soon as he had found him he said unto him, "Dost thou believe on the son of God?"
He said unto him the third time, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" And Peter sorrowed because he said to him the third time, "Lovest thou me," and said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee." Jesus said unto him, "Feed my sheep.
"I know that thou hast power over all things, and that there is no thought hid unto thee.
And much murmuring was there of him among the people. Some said, "He is good." Others said, "Nay, but he deceiveth the people."
Then said he also to him that had desired him to dinner, "When thou makest a dinner, or a supper: call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor yet rich neighbours: lest they bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.
In the beginning of a thing, I show the end thereof: and I tell before, things that are not yet come to pass. With one word is my device accomplished, and fulfilleth all my pleasure.
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and servants. And the mighty men of Persia and Media, the captains also, and rulers of his countries, were before him;
For nation shall rise against nation, and realm against realm: and there shall be pestilence, and hunger, and earthquakes in all quarters.
Be thou an advocate and stand in judgment thyself, to speak for all such as be dumb and sucourless.
by whom we have a way in, through faith, unto this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the praise that shall be given of God.
which took them wives of the nations of the Moabites: the one's name Orpah and the other's Ruth. And when they had dwelled there about a ten years,
For if we be graft in death like unto him: even so must we be in the resurrection.
Hereby know we, that we abide in him, and he in us: For he hath given us of his spirit.
But ye shall not suffer yourselves to be called Rabbi, for one is your master, that is, to wit, Christ, and all ye are brethren.
Wherefore the LORD was exceeding wroth with Israel and put them out of his sight, that there was left but the tribe of Judah only.
as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves unto your old lusts of ignorance:
For if any hear the word, and do it not, he is like unto a man that beholdeth his bodily face in a glass.
Whoso loveth wisdom, will be content to be reformed; but he that hateth to be reproved, is a fool.
But Samuel said to Saul, "Cease, and let me tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night." And he said unto him, "Say on."
And they gathered it together: and filled twelve baskets with the broken meat of the five barley loaves, which broken meat remained unto them that had eaten.
when before I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a tyrant. But I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly, through unbelief:
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.
Nevertheless, do ye so that every one of you love his wife truly even as himself: And let the wife see that she fear her husband.
and a praise to a woman if she have long hair? For her hair is given her to cover her withal.
But thou hast seen the experience of my doctrine, fashion of living, purpose, faith, long suffering, love, patience,
But the desert and wilderness shall rejoice, the waste ground shall be glad, and flourish as the lily.
the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but the mouth of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
And we have seen and do testify that the father hath sent his son, which is the saviour of the world.
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and twenty four elders fell down before the lamb, having harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints,
And there appeared another wonder in heaven, for behold a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads:
For the scripture saw aforehand, that God would justify the heathen through faith, and therefore showed beforehand glad tidings unto Abraham: "In thee shall all nations be blessed."
But whosoever hath sinned without law, shall perish without law. And as many as have sinned under the law, shall be judged by the law.
and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us ward, which believe according to the working of that his mighty power,
And I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth not from a servant; though he be lord of all,
but the word of the Lord endureth ever. And this is the word which by the gospel was preached among you.
And Jesus said, "I am. And ye shall see the son of man sit on the righthand of power, and come in the clouds of heaven."
In Simeon, Shelumiel: the son of Zurishaddai;
For Hannah, she spake in her heart; and her lips did but move only, but her voice was not heard. And therefore Eli took her for drunken,
for ye lay the commandment of God apart, and ye observe the traditions of men as the washing of cruses and of cups, and many other such like things ye do."
And in her forehead was a name written, a mystery: "Great Babylon, the mother of whoredom and abominations of the earth."
If it be of grace, then is it not of works. For then were grace no more grace. If it be by the deserving of works, then is it no more grace. For then were deserving no longer deserving.
and they clothed him with purple, and they plaited a crown of thorns and crowned him withal;
He answered and said unto them, "Elijah verily shall first come and restore all things. Also the son of man, as it is written, shall suffer many things, and shall be set at nought.
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out. And I will write upon him, the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God and I will write upon him my new name.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Either were ye baptised in the name of Paul?
for the LORD himself will defend their cause, and do violence unto them that have used violence.
So likewise ye, when ye have done all those things which are commanded unto you, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done that which was our duty to do.'"
When the LORD thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee: the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perezites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; seven nations more in number and mightier than thou:
in flaming fire, rendering vengeance unto them that know not God, and to them that obey not unto the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ,
And the house was built of stone made perfect already before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer or axe either any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
For if they, after they have escaped from the filthiness of the world through the knowledge of the Lord, and of the saviour Jesus Christ, they are yet tangled again therein and overcome: then is the latter end worse with them than the beginning.
And therefore if they say unto you, "Ask counsel at the soothsayers, witches, charmers and conjurers," then make them this answer: "Is there a people anywhere, that asketh not counsel at his God? Should they run unto the dead for the living?"
O Timothy, save that which is given thee to keep, and avoid unghostly vanities of voices, and oppositions of science falsely so called,
and thanked and brake, and said, "Take ye, and eat ye. This is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembrance of me."
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the seat.
Unto the married command not I, but the Lord: that the wife separate not herself from the man.
Unto these, the king appointed a certain portion of his own meat, and of the wine which he drank himself, so to nourish them three years: that afterward they might stand before the king.
Do we then destroy the law through faith? God forbid. But we, rather, maintain the law.
Foolishness sticketh in the heart of the lad; but the rod of correction driveth it away.
The wind goeth toward the South and turneth unto the North, fetcheth his compass, whirleth about, and goeth forth and returneth again to his circuits from whence he did come.
Tell them, 'As truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but much rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn you, turn you from your ungodly ways, O ye of the house of Israel. Oh, wherefore will ye die?'
I know thy works and tribulation and poverty, but thou art rich. And I know the blasphemy of them which call themselves Jews and are not, but are the congregation of Satan.
It is not expedient for me, no doubt, to rejoice; Nevertheless I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
and I appeared unto Abraham, Isaac and Jacob an Almighty God: but in my name Jehovah was I not known unto them.
And the father himself, which hath sent me, beareth witness of me. Ye have not heard his voice at any time; Nor yet have seen his shape.
and said to Samuel, "Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he may save us out of the hands of the Philistines."
'This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouths, and honoureth me with their lips, howbeit their hearts are far from me:
Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hand on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
and if any man hear my words and believe not, I judge him not. For I came not to judge the world: but to save the world.
"Which of you can rebuke me of sin? If I say the truth, why do not ye believe me?
But gather ye treasures together in heaven, where neither rust, nor yet moths corrupt: and where thieves neither break up, nor yet steal.
And when Joshua was come to Jericho, he lift up his eyes and looked: and behold there stood a man before him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, "Art thou on our side or on our adversaries?"
And this is it that I mean: how that commonly among you, one sayeth, "I hold of Paul"; Another, "I hold of Apollos"; the third, "I hold of Cephas"; and the fourth that, "I hold of Christ."
For thou art a holy nation unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a several people unto himself of all nations that are upon the earth.
Then Ananias answered, "Lord I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
And he answered them, "Take me and cast me in to the sea, and so shall it let you be in rest: for I know it is for my sake, that this great tempest is come upon you."
Those did Cyrus the king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
And king Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of Jerusalem and put in his god's house.
The law is a well of life unto the wise; that it may keep him from the snares of death.
Let them alone, they be the blind leaders of the blind. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are married: but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Wherefore they cried unto the LORD and said, "O LORD let us not perish for this man's death, neither lay innocent blood unto our charge: for thou LORD, even as thy pleasure was, so thou hast done."
And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow thee." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to thee?"
Doth a wife forget the child of her womb, and the son who she hath born? And though she do forget, yet will not I forget thee.
What is it therefore? The multitude must needs come together. For they shall hear that thou art come.
This is the second epistle that I now write unto you, my dearly beloved, wherewith I stir up and warn your pure minds,
Then she said, "Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight." And so the woman went her way, and did eat and looked no more so sad.
Even so, ye my brethren; ye also are made dead as concerning the law by the body of Christ, that ye should be coupled to another - I mean to him that is risen again from death - that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
It fortuned in the days of Ahasuerus - which reigned from India unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty lands -
for thou shalt worship no strange god. For the LORD is called jealous, because he is a jealous God:
Ought we to give, or ought we not to give?" He understood their dissimulation, and said unto them, "Why tempt ye me? Bring me a penny, that I may see it."
Grace be with you and peace from God the father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
And Israel dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab,
They that will be rich, fall into temptation and snares, and into many foolish and noisome lusts, which drown men in perdition and destruction.
And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woman, as it had been a river, because she should have been caught of the flood.
but that the holy ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and trouble abide me.
Then turned he about, and said unto Peter, "Come after me, Satan: thou offendest me, because thou savourest not Godly things, but worldly things."
neither returned to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me: but went my ways into Arabia, and came again unto Damascus.
For from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same, my name is great among the Gentiles. Yea, in every place shall there sacrifice be done, and a clean meat offering offered up unto my name: for my name is great among the Heathen, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
I say then, Have they therefore stumbled that they should but fall only? God forbid: but through their fall is salvation happened unto the gentiles for to provoke them withal.
If there be any man among you that lusteth to strife, let him know that we have no such customs, neither the congregations of God.
For why? Behold, the LORD shall go out of his place, and come down, and tread upon the high things of the earth.
When Jesus knew that, he departed thence. And much people followed him, and he healed them all;
And unto the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh spake Joshua, saying,
And in process of time she conceived and bare a son, and called his name Samuel: because she had asked him of the LORD.
I have set the LORD always before me; for he is on my righthand. Therefore I shall not fall.
And the soldiers led him away into the common hall, and called together the whole multitude,
And David said unto the young man that told him, "How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?"
They are raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the mist of darkness forever.
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
And they mourned, wept and fasted until evening - for Saul, and Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they were overthrown with the sword.
Then they said unto him, "Tell us for whose cause we are thus troubled: what is thine occupation, whence comest thou, how is thy country called, and of what nation art thou?"
Wherefore a lion out of the wood shall hurt them, and a wolf in the evening shall destroy them. The cat of the mountain shall lie lurking by their cities, to tare in pieces all them that come thereout. For their offenses are many, and their departing away is great.
He must also be well reported of among them which are without forth, lest he fall into rebuke, and into the snare of the evil speaker.
All things are so hard, that no man can express them. The eye is not satisfied with sight; the ear is not filled with hearing.
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither reap, nor yet carry into the barns, and yet your heavenly father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
As for these things, my hand hath made them all, and they are all created, sayeth the LORD. Which of them shall I then regard? Even him that is of a lowly troubled spirit, and standeth in awe of my works.
And as concerning the prophets that deceive my people, thus the LORD sayeth against them: When they have any thing to bite upon, then they preach that all shall be well. But if a man put not some thing in to their mouths, they preach of war against him.
Unto these the chief chamberlain gave other names, and called Daniel, Balteshazzar; Hananiah, Shadrach; Mishael, Meshach; and Azariah, Abednego.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf, also, shall not wither; and, look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.
And Solomon kept a feast the same season of seven days, and all Israel with him, an exceeding great congregation, even from Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
For Zion's sake therefore will I not hold my tongue, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not cease: until their righteousness break forth as a shining light, and their salvation as a burning lamp.
Then she fell down straightway at his feet and yielded up the ghost. And the young men came in and found her dead, and carried her out and buried her by her husband.
"I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and led thee by the hand. Therefore will I also defend thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, and to be the light of the Gentiles.
And I went on him and slew him: for I was sure that he could not live, after that he was fallen. And I took the crown that was upon his head and the bracelet that was on his arm and have brought them unto my lord hither."
And the LORD said unto me, "Amos, what seest thou?" I answered, "A mason's trowel." Then said the Lord, "Behold, I will lay the trowel among my people of Israel, and will no more oversee them:
"'And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, but shall walk contrary unto me,
Then said the LORD, "Thou hast seen right, for I will watch diligently upon my word, to perform it."
The path of the righteous shineth as the light, and is ever brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.
But now O LORD, thou father of ours: we are the clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the work of thy hands.
Nevertheless I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them even through the LORD their God. But I will not deliver them through any bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen."
And the world vanisheth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God, abideth ever.
Behold now, the third time, I am ready to come unto you, and yet will I not be grievous unto you. For I seek not yours, but you. Also the children ought not to lay up for the fathers and mothers: but the fathers and mothers for the children.
The heritage that cometh too hastily at the first, shall not be praised at the end.
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian which he had taken: for he had taken a Ethiopian to wife.
and let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and sound, lacking nothing.
And the LORD himself shall be king over all the earth. At that time shall there be one LORD only, and his name shall be but one.
And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel:
But Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." And he gat him a chariot and horsemen and fifty men to run before him.
When Toi, king of Hamath, had heard how David had discomforted all the host of Hadadezer,
Now I know, O LORD, that it is not in man's power to order his own ways, or to rule his own steps and goings.
If she separate herself, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled unto her husband again. And let not the husband put away his wife from him.
And the king and all his household departed afoot. And he left behind him ten wives that were his concubines, to keep the house.
Moreover, the LORD of Hosts shall once prepare a feast for all people upon the hill: A plenteous, costly, pleasant feast, of fat and well-fed beasts, of sweet and most pure things.
"When ye midwife the women of the Hebrews and see in the birth time that it is a boy, kill it. But if it be a maid, let it live."
Then David took his clothes and rent them, and so did all the men that were with him.
"And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: in Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
His glory covereth the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise. His shine is as the sun, and beams of light go out of his hands; there is his power hid.
Then sent Joseph and caused his father to be brought, and all his kin: three score and fifteen souls.
if we this day are examined of the good deed done to the sick man by what means he is made whole:
neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it lighteth all them that are in the house.
after that he had smote Sihon the king of the Amorites which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan which dwelt at Ashtaroth in Edrei.
And they that were sent, turned back home again, and found the servant that was sick whole.
When he reproveth the sea, he drieth it up, and turneth all the floods to dry land. Bashan is desolate, Carmel and the pleasure of Lebanon wasteth away.
Upon this the Chaldeans answered the king in the Syrians' speech, "O king, God save thy life forever. Show thy servants the dream, and we shall show thee, what it meaneth."
and made their lives bitter unto them with cruel labour in clay and brick, and all manner work in the fields, and in all manner of service, which they caused them to work cruelly.
Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together again, and chose themselves one head, and then depart out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel."
And the reed sea didst thou divide in sunder before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea dry-shoed: and their persecutors threwest thou into the deep as a stone, in the mighty waters;
And whosoever will not hearken unto the words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
I wrote unto the congregation: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not,
by the help of your prayer for us: That by the means of many occasions, thanks may be given of many on our behalf, for the grace given unto us.
And held the feast of tabernacles as it is written, and offered burnt sacrifices daily, in order: according to the custom, day by day.
and cried with a loud voice and said, "What have I to do with thee, Jesus the son of the most highest God? I require thee in the name of God, that thou torment me not."
But some of them said, "He casteth out devils by the power of Beelzebub, the chief of the devils."
If all the body were an eye: where were then the ear? If all were hearing: where were the smelling?
And carry these ten fresh cheeses unto the captain, and look how thy brethren fare, and set out their pledges."
But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with hemorrhoids; both Ashdod and all the coasts thereof.
Now therefore make a new cart and take two milk kine, on whose neck never came yoke. And tie the kine in the cart, and bring the calves home from them.
And the LORD was wrath with Uzzah; and God smote him in the same place for his fault, and there he died by the ark of God.
Ye shall not make therefore with me gods of silver nor gods of gold: in no wise shall ye do it.
And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain names of men seven thousand. And the remnant were afeared, and gave glory to God of heaven.
Nevertheless the men assayed with rowing to bring the ship to land: but it would not be, because the sea so wrought and was so troublous against them.
These are spots which of your kindness feast together, without fear, feeding themselves. Clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: and trees without fruit at gathering time, twice dead, and plucked up by the roots.
and said, "O LORD God of heaven, thou great and terrible God, thou that keepest covenant and mercy for them that love thee and observe thy commandments:
And though I judge, yet is my judgment true. For I am not alone: but I and the father that sent me.
And Saul said unto his servants, "Seek me a man that can well play, and bring him to me."
for the law is torn in pieces, and there can no right judgment go forth. And why? The ungodly is more set by than the righteous: this is the cause that wrong judgment proceedeth.
And his father rebuked him not at any time, nor said so much to him as "Why dost thou so?" And he was thereto a goodly man and his mother bare him next, after Absalom.
for all that have no fins nor scales in the waters, shall be abomination unto you.
For thou hadst cast me down deep in the midst of the sea; and the flood compassed me about: and all thy waves and rolls of water went over me.
and bade to teach the children of Israel the staves thereof. And behold, it is written in the book of the righteous:
I have called for a drought, both upon the land and upon the mountains, upon corn, upon wine, and upon oil, upon everything that the ground bringeth forth, upon men and upon cattle, yea and upon all handy labour."
And he hath performed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us: to bring upon us such a great plague, as never was under heaven, like as it is now come to pass in Jerusalem.
The wicked falleth into the snare through the malice of his own mouth; but the just shall escape out of peril.
saying, "Master, Moses bade, if a man die having no children, that the brother marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
and suddenly there came a mighty great wind out of the South, and smote the four corners of the house: which fell upon thy children, so that they are dead, and I alone am gotten away, to tell thee."
And the very same commandment which was ordained unto life, was found to be unto me an occasion of death.
Have I conceived all this people, or have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, 'Carry them in thy bosom, as a nurse beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?'
And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region bordering on Galilee.
And then let the sons of Aaron the priest put fire upon the altar, and put wood upon the fire,
But now that the plague is come upon thee, thou shrinkest away: now that it hath touched thyself, thou art faint hearted.
Now then, command that they hew me Cedar trees in Lebanon. And let my servants be with thine, and I will give the hire of thy servants in all such things as thou shalt appoint, for thou knowest that there are not among us that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians."
Yea, a mighty and an innumerable people shall come up into my land: these have teeth like the teeth of Lions, and chaftbones like the lioness.
and said unto her, "How long wilt thou be drunken? Put away from thee the wine that thou hast."
And they rose up early and bowed themselves before the LORD, and then returned and went to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah lay by his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
Nevertheless dear friends, we trust to see better of you, and things which accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet, testify unto them and show them the duty of the king that shall reign over them."
Eli answered, and said, "Go in peace, the God of Israel shall grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him."
Then they cried and wept and said unto her, "We will go with thee unto thy folk."
And the chief city of Ephraim is Samaria, but the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. And if ye believe not, there shall no promise be kept with you.'"
Count not thine handmaid to be like a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my meditation and grief have I spoken hitherto."
Then said the LORD unto me, "Out of the north shall come a plague upon all the dwellers of the land.
All the great estates of the realm - as the princes, dukes, senators and judges - are determined to put out a commandment of the king, and to make a sure statute. Namely, that whoso desireth any petition, either of any god or man within this thirty days, except it be only of thee, O king: the same person may be cast into the lions' den.
The pride of thine heart hath lift thee up, thou that dwellest in the strongholds of stone, and hast made thee a high seat. Thou sayest in thine heart, "Who shall cast me down to the ground?"
And they came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, that is the seventh year of the king.
But even like as Adam did, so have they broken my covenant, and set me at naught.
And they brought him one. And he said unto them, "Whose is this image and superscription?" And they said unto him, "Caesar's."
And he communed with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest. And they helped Adonijah.
Wherefore she departed out of the place where she was, and her two daughters with her. And as they went by the way returning unto the land of Judah,
And he brought out the son of the king and put the crown upon him, and delivered him the witness, and made him king and anointed him. And they clapped their hands and said, "God save the king."
When the sun was down and it was waxed dark, behold, there was a smoking furnace and a fire brand that went between the said pieces.
Pray for us. We have confidence because we have a good conscience in all things, and desire to live honestly.
As for the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts, it is the house of Israel, and whole Judah his fair planting. Of these he looked for equity, but see there is wrong; for righteousness, lo, it is but misery.
Whereupon Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Hast thou not heard how that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, unwitting unto our master David?
And he said unto me, 'Come on me and slay me: For anguish is come upon me and my life is yet all in me.'
But did not my words and statutes, which I commanded by my servants the Prophets, touch your forefathers? Upon this, they gave answer and said, 'Like as the LORD of Hosts devised to do unto us, according to our ways and imaginations, even so hath he dealt with us.''"
But Hannah went not up, for she said unto her husband, "I will tarry until the lad be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD and there abide forever."
On the other side Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
Ye made a thank offering of leaven, ye promised free will offerings, and proclaimed them. Such lust had ye, O ye children of Israel,' sayeth the LORD God.
Then said David unto him, "Thy blood upon thine own head; for thine own mouth hath testified against thee, saying, 'I have slain the LORD's anointed.'"
And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings at the stone of Zoheleth which is fast by the well of Rogel, and bade all his brethren, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth up his own flesh.
Moreover, I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they have done unto him whatsoever pleased them, as it is written of him."
Preach in Judah and Jerusalem, cry out and speak, "Blow the trumpets in the land, cry that every man may hear, and say, 'Gather you together, and we will go into strong cities.
For they that are such serve not the Lord Jesus Christ: but their own bellies. And with sweet preachings and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocents:
Now when Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jozadak the high priest, with the remnant of the people, heard the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of the Prophet Haggai, like as the LORD their God had sent him, the people did fear the LORD.
Upon the twenty fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of king Darius,
Thus sayeth the LORD, 'For three and four wickednesses of Gaza, I will not spare her: because they make the prisoners yet more captive, and have driven them into the land of Edom.
Enoch, Mathuselah, Lamech;
They shall make my vineyard waste, they shall pull off the bark of my fig trees, strip them bare, cast them away, and make the branches white.
And they found Adonibezek in Bezek. And they fought against him, and slew the Cananites and Perezites.
thirty cups of gold, and of other silver cups four hundred and ten, and of other vessels a thousand.
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping, and wailing, and said, 'Alas, Alas, that great city wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea, by the reason of her costliness, for at one hour is she made desolate.'
the LORD sent a prophet unto them, and said unto them, "Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: I fetched you from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage
and therefore I also lend him the LORD, as long as he may be lent the LORD." And so they prayed there unto the LORD.
Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "All the men children that are born, cast into the river; and save the maid children alive."
Then said he, "Call his name Loammi. For why? Ye are not my people, therefore will I not be yours.
Make thy moan as a virgin doth that girdeth herself with sack, because of her bridegroom.
Then sent they in men which said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God,"
And of clean beasts and of beasts that were unclean and of birds and of all that creepeth upon the earth,
All floods run into the sea, and yet the sea is not filled: for look, unto what place the waters run, thence they come again.
And Pharaoh's lords saw her also, and praised her unto Pharaoh, so that she was taken into Pharaoh's house;
saying unto me, "O Daniel, thou well beloved man: take good heed of the words, that I shall say unto thee, and stand right up, for unto thee am I now sent." And when he had said these words, I stood up trembling.
"Verily I say unto you, that many prophets and perfect men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
If thou wouldest but call me, I should obey thee: only despise not the work of thine own hands.
Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, "Go, and return each of you unto your mother's house. The LORD deal as kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me."
and let him kill the ox before the LORD. And let the priests, Aaron's sons, bring the blood and let them sprinkle it round about upon the altar that is before the door of the tabernacle of witness.
And God therefore dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty,
And the tidings came unto the king of Nineveh, which arose out of his seat, and did his apparel off and put on sackcloth, and sat him down in ashes.
And when the dove could find no resting place for her foot, she returned to him again unto the ark, for the waters were upon the face of all the earth. And he put out his hand and took her and pulled her to him into the ark.
If he came by me, I might not look upon him: if he went his way, I should not perceive it.
But if ye be obstinate and rebellious, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for thus the LORD hath promised with his own mouth.
And let him that is in the field, not turn back again unto those things which he left behind him, for to take his clothes with him.
For we stretch not out ourselves beyond measure as though we had not reached unto you. For even unto you have we come with the gospel of Christ,
And the LORD said furthermore unto him, "Thrust thine hand into thy bosom." And he thrust his hand into his bosom and took it out. And behold, his hand was leprous, even as snow.
And the LORD grant you that you may find rest, either of you in the house of her husband." And so she kissed them.
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the multitude of people, as the dew of the LORD, and as the drops upon the grass, that tarrieth for no man, and waiteth of nobody.
And why? Whereas are many dreams and many words, there are also divers vanities: but look that thou fear God.
Therewith they cried and wept again. Howbeit, Orpah kissed her mother-in-law but Ruth abode still by her.
Howbeit, he would not hearken unto her voice but was too strong for her and forced her and lay with her.
And David said unto him, "How is it that thou wast not afraid to lay thine hand on the LORD's anointed, to destroy him?"
Wherefore the heaven is forbidden to give you any dew, and the earth is forbidden to give you increase.
Meraioth begat Amariah. Amariah begat Ahitub.
So the LORD waked up the spirit of Zerubbabel the prince of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jozadak the high priest, and the spirit of the remnant of all the people: that they came and laboured, in the house of the LORD of Hosts their God.
And let him put his hand upon the head of the burnt sacrifice, and favour shall be given him to make an atonement for him,
What is now become of your forefathers and the prophets? Are they yet still alive?
Turn again my daughters and go: for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, also if I took a man this night: yea, and though I had already borne sons?
But Nathan the prophet and Benaiah and the mighty men and Solomon his brother he bade not.
Now therefore behold the king, whom ye have chosen and whom ye have desired. See, the LORD hath given you a king!
and which delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver - on whom we trust, that yet hereafter he will deliver us,
And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel, that thou hast prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria: I have heard it.
And another angel came out of the temple, which is in heaven, having also a sharp sickle.
And deliver them beasts that they may put Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the high deputy;
And thereto the ships of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.
And the Pharisees departed, and straightway gathered a counsel, with them that belonged to Herod, against him: that they might destroy him.
and let loose unto them, him that for insurrection, and murder, was cast into prison, whom they desired: and delivered Jesus to do with him what they would.
In this: that ye offer unclean bread upon mine altar. And if ye will say, 'Wherein have we offered any unclean thing unto thee?' In this that ye say: the altar of the LORD is not to be regarded.
But Naomi said, "Turn again my daughters: for what cause would you go with me? Think you that there be any more children in my bowels to be your husbands?
and was unknown, as touching my person, unto the congregations of Jewry, which were in Christ.
While Peter mused in himself what this vision which he had seen meant, behold: the men which were sent from Cornelius, had made inquirance for Simon's house, and stood before the door.
And he gathered all the chief Priests and Scribes of the people, and asked of them where Christ should be born.
Behold Israel which walketh carnally. Are not they which eat of the sacrifice, partakers of the altar?
For sin took occasion by the means of the commandment and so deceived me, and by the selfsame commandment, slew me.
And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
And so Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the hill altar of Gibeon: for there was the tabernacle of witness of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD made in the wilderness.
{Gimel} Judah is taken prisoner, because she was defiled: and for serving so many strange gods, she dwelleth now among the heathen. She findeth no rest: all they that persecuted her, took her in strait places where she could not escape.
And the midwives answered Pharaoh, that the Hebrews' women were not as the women of Egypt: but were sturdy women, and were delivered yer the midwives came at them.
Then said the people to Samuel, "What are they that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us? Bring them that we may slay them.'"
And Joseph, as soon as he awoke out of sleep, did as the angel of the Lord bade him, and took his wife unto him:
But ye say, 'A man shall say to his father or mother, Corban; which is, that thou desirest of me, to help thee with, is given to God.'
The mountains shall consume under him, and the valleys shall cleave asunder: like as wax consumeth at the fire, and as the waters run downward.
The husbandmen and the wine gardeners shall look piteously, and make lamentation for the wheat, wine and barley; and because the harvest upon the field is so clean destroyed.
So that all the vessels both of gold and silver, were five thousand and four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought them all up, with them that came up out of the captivity of Babylon unto Jerusalem.
So I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, to apply my mind unto wisdom, and to comprehend foolishness until the time that among all the things which are under the Sun, I might see what were best for men to do, so long as they live under heaven.
And they said unto him, "There came a man against us and said unto us, 'Go and turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him: Thus sayeth the LORD. Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire through Beelzebub the god of Ekron? Therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.'"
And the men feared the LORD exceedingly: and sacrificed sacrifice unto the LORD: and vowed vows.
And David called one of his young men, and said, "Go and run upon him." And he smote him that he died.
She regardeth not the path of life, so unsteadfast are her ways, that thou canst not know them.
"Upon the mountains will I take up a lamentation and sorrowful cry, and a mourning upon the fair plains of the wilderness: Namely, how they are so burnt up, that no man goeth there any more. Yea, a man shall not hear one beast cry there. Birds and cattle are all gone from thence.
For behold, this day do I make thee a strong fenced town, an iron pillar, and a wall of steel against the whole land; against the kings and mighty men of Judah; against the priests and people of the land.
O LORD, let thine ears mark the prayer of thy servant, and the prayer of thy servants, whose desire is to fear thy name; and let thy servant prosper this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's butler."
Notwithstanding, the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them: but saved the men children.
The kindred of the house of Nathan themselves alone, and their wives by themselves; The kindred of the house of Levi themselves alone, and their wives by themselves; The kindred of the house of Shimei themselves alone, and their wives by themselves.
Therefore your vision shall be turned to night, and your prophesying to darkness. The Sun shall go down over those prophets, and the day shall be dark unto them.
Then said David unto the young man that brought him tidings, "Whence art thou?" And he said, "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite."
Then the king sent unto him a captain over fifty with his fifty. And when the captain was come to Elijah, behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And the captain said unto him, "Man of God, the king biddeth thee come down."
Wherefore I have likewise determined that I will not cast them out before you: that they may be a fall unto you, and their gods shall be snares unto you."
that the Syrians shall lay hold upon them before, and the Philistines behind, and so devour Israel with open mouth. After all this, the wrath of the Lord shall not cease, but yet his hand shall be stretched out still.
Because that we - though we be many - yet are one bread, and one body inasmuch as we all are partakers of one bread.
And so through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish for whom Christ died.
Nevertheless there was a lad saw them, which told it to Absalom. But they went both of them away quickly and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his yard, into which they went down.
Then Haggai the LORD's messenger said in the LORD's message to the people, "I am with you, sayeth the LORD."
Oh Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies?
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people of men of war that came out of Egypt were consumed, which hearkened not unto the voice of God; so that the LORD sware, that he would not show them the land which the LORD sware unto their fathers, that he would give us even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
I say again, lest any man think that I am foolish: or else even now take me as a fool, that I may boast myself a little.
But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges?
- The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you as he hath promised you -
And on the seventh day, when the king was merry of the wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas - the seven chamberlains that did service in the presence of king Ahasuerus -
Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another.
Harden the heart of this people, stop their ears, and shut their eyes, that they see not with their eyes, hear not with their ears, and understand not with their heart, and convert and be healed."
The mountains tremble for him, the hills consume. At the sight of him the earth quaketh: yea, the whole world, and all that dwell therein.
And Elijah answered and said to the captain over the fifty, "If I be a man of God, fire come down from heaven and consume thee and thy fifty." And there came fire down from heaven and devoured him and his fifty.
And they took ashes out of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it up into the air: And there brake out sores with blains both in man and beast:
The field shall be wasted, the land shall be in a miserable cause: for the corn shall be destroyed, the sweet wine shall come to confusion, and the oil utterly desolate.
Upon the twenty forth day of the eleventh month which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the Prophet, who said,
Is there anything, whereof it may be said, "Lo, this is new?" For it was long ago in the times that have been before us.
Then sent I out a commission, that all they which were of wisdom at Babylon should be brought before me, to tell me the interpretation of the dream.
Thou shalt not go unto a woman to uncover her privity as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
Grace be with you and peace, from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Neverthelater, the grace of our Lord was more abundant, with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus.
Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. And yet Jesus said not to him, he shall not die: but, "If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?"
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife: and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband. Or else were your children unclean: but now are they pure.
the king answered the people churlishly and left the advice that old men gave him:
And the messengers turned back again unto the king. And he said unto them, "Why are ye thus come again?"
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up. And immediately his feet and anklebones received strength,
Why saidest thou that she was thy sister, and causedest me to take her to my wife? But now, lo, there is thy wife: take her and be walking."
backbiters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proud, boasters, bringers-up of evil things, disobedient to fathers and mothers,
in honour and dishonour, in evil report and good report, as deceivers and yet true,
If ye offer the blind, is not that evil? And if ye offer the lame and sick, is not that evil? Yea offer it unto thy prince: shall he be content with thee, or accept thy person, sayeth the LORD of Hosts?
And Absalom said again to Hushai, "Is this the kindness thou owest to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with him?"
Let thine ears mark and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray now before thee day and night for the children of Israel thy servants, and knowledge the sins of the children of Israel, which we have committed against thee. And I and my father's house have sinned also.
If ye will agree and hearken, ye shall eat the best of the land, saith the LORD God.
And Pharaoh commanded the same day unto the taskmasters over the people and unto the officers, saying,
For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I present with you in the spirit, joying and beholding the order that ye keep, and your steadfast faith in Christ.
yet in the summer she provideth her meat, and gathereth her food together in the harvest.
applied my mind to seek out and search for the knowledge of all things that are done under heaven. Such travail and labor hath God given to the children of men, to exercise themselves therein.
We write no other things unto you, than that ye read and also know. Yea, and I trust ye shall find us unto the end
My bone hangeth to my skin, and my flesh is away; there is left me only the skin about my teeth.
And yet say ye, 'Wherefore then should not this son bear his father's sin?' Therefore, because the son hath done equity and right, hath kept all my commandments and done them: therefore shall he live indeed.
and to preach the gospel in those regions which are beyond you, and not to rejoice of that which is by another man's measure prepared already.
"The glory of Israel is slain upon the high hills: Oh how were the mighty overthrown!
And he said, 'This will I do. I will destroy my barns, and build greater: and therein will I gather all my fruits, and my goods:
why askest thou me? Ask them which heard me, what I said unto them. Behold they can tell what I said."
And Elkanah and all his house went up to offer unto the LORD, both the offerings due for the feast and also his vows.
Ye mountains of Gilboa, upon you be neither dew nor rain, nor fields whence heave offerings come: For there the shields of the mighty were cast from them, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.
But he knew their thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided within itself shall be desolate: and one house shall fall upon another.
For lo, I will call all the officers of the kingdoms of the north, sayeth the LORD. And they shall come, and every one shall set his seat in the gates of Jerusalem, and in all their walls round about and through all the cities of Judah.
And he said to them, "What manner a man was that which met you and told you these words?"
And Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seemeth thee best: tarry until thou hast weaned him, only the LORD make good his saying." And so the woman abode and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.
For when ye have stolen, murdered, committed adultery and penury; When ye have offered unto Baal, following strange and unknown gods;
And then she took him with her, when she had weaned him, with three bullocks and an ephah of flour and a bottle of wine, and brought him into the house of the LORD in Shiloh, how be it the child was yet young.
Let your wives, your children and your cattle remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan: But go ye before your brethren armed, all that be men of war, and help them
Like as a conduit aboundeth in water, even so this city aboundeth in wickedness. Robbery and unrighteousness is heard in her, sorrow and wounds are ever there in my sight.
for this cause was mercy given unto me, that Jesus Christ should first show on me all long patience, unto the example of them which shall, in time to come, believe on him unto eternal life.
for ye have taken away my silver and gold, my fair and goodly jewels, and brought them into your gods' houses.
Yet call to remembrance the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, and saidest, 'If ye transgress, then will I scatter you abroad among the nations.
And set himself and his servants in array, and fell upon them by night, and smote them, and chased them away unto Hobah, which lieth on the lefthand of Damascus,
Shall I not do unto Jerusalem and their Images, as I did unto Samaria and their Images?"
Then he charged his disciples, that they should tell no man that he was Jesus Christ.
And they drew nigh unto the town which they went to. And he made as though he would have gone further.
But the inwards and the legs they shall wash in water, and the priest shall burn altogether upon the altar, that it be a burnt sacrifice, and an offering of a sweet odour unto the LORD.
And Elisha said to him, "Go and say to him, 'Thou shalt recover.' Howbeit, the LORD hath showed me that he shall surely die."
And so shall this plague go over horses, mules, camels, asses, and all the beasts that shall be in the host, like as yonder plague was.
And this is the number of them: thirty basins of gold, and a thousand basins of silver, nine and twenty knives,
Then said Saul to his young man, "Well said of thee, 'Come let us go.'" And so they went unto the city where the man of God was.
O praise the LORD, ye that fear him! Magnify him, all ye seed of Jacob, and fear him, all ye seed of Israel.
Yea, with God is wisdom and strength - it is he that hath counsel and foreknowledge.
He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of offending in him.
If it chance me to live in the flesh, that is to me fruitful for to work, and what to choose I know not.
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "Perceive ye, how we prevail nothing? Behold, all the whole world goeth away after him."
So yet that there be a space between you and it, about a two thousand cubits by measure. And come not nigh unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not gone by it in times past."
Would ye tarry after them, till they were of age? Or would ye for them so long refrain from taking of husbands? Not so, my daughters: for it grieveth me much for your sakes, that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me."
To whom we gave no room - no, not for the space of a hour - as concerning to be brought into subjection: and that because that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
But God plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they have not known him that sent me.
which died for us: that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Now therefore perform the deed, that as there was in you a readiness to will, even so ye may perform the deed, of that which ye have.
And he went back again from after him, and took a yoke of oxen and slew them, and dressed the flesh with the instruments of the oxen and gave it the people, and they did eat. And then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered unto him.
"Remember that which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, 'The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.
But they heard only, that he which persecuted us in time past, now preacheth the faith, which before he destroyed.
And the unclean spirit tare him, and cried out with a loud voice, and came out of him.
And some fell upon good ground: and did yield fruit that sprang and grew: and brought forth some thirty fold, some sixty fold, and some a hundred fold."
But though thou wentest up as high as the Eagle, and madest thy nest above among the stars: yet would I pluck thee down from thence.
The bow of Jonathan and the sword of Saul turned never back again empty, from the blood of the wounded and from the fat of the mighty warriors.
They shall fight against thee, but they shall not be able to overcome thee: for I am with thee, to deliver thee, sayeth the LORD."
If others be partakers of this power over you, wherefore are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power: but suffer all things lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in therefore and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give unto them and their seed after them.'
According as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey thee; only the LORD thy God be with thee as he was with Moses.
And they were about a five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, "Cause them to sit down by fifties in a company."
Again, a new commandment I write unto you, a thing which is true in him, and also in you: for the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
At the same time, sayeth the LORD, will I gather up the lame and the outcasts, and such as I have chastened;
Yea, what is he among you, that will do so much as to shut the doors, or to kindle the fire upon mine altar for naught? I have no pleasure in you, sayeth the LORD of Hosts: and as for the meat offering, I will not accept it at your hand.
And as they fled from Israel, even in the going down to Bethhoron, the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them, until they came unto Azekah, that they died. And there were more that died with hailstones, than the children of Israel slew with the sword.
and would not suffer that any man carried a vessel through the temple.
And I will take you for my people and will be to you a God. And ye shall know that I am the LORD your God which brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
We have been corrupt unto thee, in that we have not kept the commandments, statutes, and laws which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
But Ephraim goeth about me with lies, and the house of Israel dissembleth. Only Judah holdeth him with God, and with the true holy things.
Tell it not in Gath, nor publish it in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and that the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph thereof.
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
Neither was our conversation at any time with flattering words - as ye well know - neither in cloaked covetousness, God is record:
'Who is left among you, that saw this house in her first beauty? But what think ye now by it? Is it not in your eyes, even as though it were nothing?
And Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Cananites and Perezites into their hands. And they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, which hath sent his holy spirit among you.
Under their wings upon all the four corners they had men's hands. Their faces and their wings were toward the four corners:
"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: let your hands be strong, ye that now hear these words by the mouth of the prophets which be in these days that the foundation is laid upon the LORD of Hosts' house, that the temple may be builded.
Now also is the axe laid unto the root of the trees: So that every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire."
see thou worship not their gods neither serve them, neither do after the works of them, but overthrow them and break down the places of them.
Those remained to prove Israel by, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Now therefore come, that I may give thee counsel how to save thine own life and the life of thy son Solomon.
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' Thou shalt say unto him, 'With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
If a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing; he hath uncovered his brother's privities, they shall be childless therefore.
Cursed be the dissembler, which hath in his flock one that is male, and when he maketh a vow, offereth a spotted one unto the LORD. For I am a great King, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, and my name is fearful among the Heathen.
until the LORD hath given your brethren rest, as he hath you, and until they also have obtained the land which the LORD your God giveth them. And then return unto the land of your possession and enjoy it, which land Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun rising."
"The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, 'Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
Saul and Jonathan lovely and pleasant in their lives, were in their deaths not divided; men swifter than Eagles and stronger than Lions.
I will stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all such as dwell at Jerusalem. Thus will I root out the remnant of Baal from this place, and the names of the Chemarims and priests:
In like manner, all the other generations, everyone by themselves alone, and there wives by themselves.
Thus I have considered all the things that come to pass under the Sun, and lo, they are all but vanity and vexation of mind.
and sent his servant at supper time, to say to them that were bidden, come: for all things are now ready.
Howbeit there was not made in the house of the LORD, bowls of silver, shredding knives, basins, trumpets or any other instruments of gold or silver, of the money that was brought for the house of the LORD.
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked a king of him,
And the time when Naomi with Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, returned out of the country of Moab and came to Bethlehem was in the beginning of barley harvest.
If the foot say, "I am not the hand, therefore I am not of the body," is he therefore not of the body?
Then said Boaz, "What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must take also Ruth the Moabite the wife of the dead, to stir up the name of the dead upon his inheritance."
Go and get thee unto king David, and say unto him, 'Didst thou not, my lord king, sware unto thy handmaid saying: Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my seat? Why, then, is Adonijah made king?'
For else when thou blessest with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say "amen" at thy giving of thanks? Seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
The goodly ornaments and Jewels which I gave thee of mine own gold and silver, hast thou taken, and made thee men's images thereof, and committed whoredom withal.
And he beckoned unto them with the hand to hold their peace, and told them by what means the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Go show these things unto James and to the brethren." And he departed and went into another place.
And all that knew him before, when they saw that he prophesied among the prophets, they said each to other, "What is happened unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?"
But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei and the men of might which were with David, favored not Adonijah.
The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy with the Lord at that day. And in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well.
And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever forsook her by and by: And she ministered unto them.
Moreover, God spake unto Ahaz, saying,
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Cover not their wickedness, and let not their sin be put out from thy presence: for they have provoked the builders.
which entreated Abram well for her sake, so that he had sheep, oxen and he-asses, men servants, maid servants, she-asses and camels.
And they said unto him, "It was a hairy man and girded with a girdle of a skin about his loins." And he said unto them, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."
and he sprang, stood, and also walked, and entered with them into the temple: walking, and leaping, and lauding God.
Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said, "Why could not we cast him out?"
Let them work in the house of God, that the captain of the Jews and their Elders may build the house of God in his place.
And now make your prayer before God, that he may have mercy upon us: for such things have ye done. Shall he regard your persons, think ye, sayeth the LORD of Hosts?
"And there shall be nobody in the tabernacle of witness, when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out again. And he shall make an atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the multitude of Israel.
I baptised also the house of Stephanas. Furthermore know I not whether I baptised any man of you or no.
and they moved the people, and the elders, and the scribes: and they came upon him and caught him, and brought him to the council,
And it chanced, the same season, that Abimelech and Phicol his chief captain spake unto Abraham saying, "God is with thee in all that thou doest.
Therefore will I send a fire in to the walls of Gaza, which shall devour her houses.
And they answered Joshua, saying, "All that thou biddest us, we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
persecutions, and afflictions which happened unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra: which persecutions I suffered patiently; And from them all the Lord delivered me.
The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth.
And so Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab, in Jezreel, and all that were great with him, and his companions and his priests, until he had left him nought remaining.
Do ye not understand how that they which minister in the temple, have their finding of the temple? And they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
that he said unto him, "I am afraid of my lord the king, which hath appointed you your meat and drink: lest he spy your faces to be worse liking than the other springaldes of your age, and so ye shall make me lose my head unto the king."
And there was a fear in the host that was in the field, and among all the people: insomuch that they that kept the hold, and they that were gone to rob, were afraid also: and the earth trembled and there was a fear sent of God.
Therefore now shall ye be the first of them, that shall be led away captive, and the lusty cheer of the willful shall come to an end.
"O ye children, how long will ye love childishness? How long will the scorners delight in scorning, and the unwise be enemies unto knowledge?
And through them shall I declare my judgment, upon all the wickedness of those men that have forsaken me: that have offered unto strange gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
And except that the Lord had should shorten those days, no man should be saved. But for the elects' sake, which he hath chosen, he hath shortened those days.
And when he thus said, all his adversaries were ashamed; and all the people rejoiced on all the excellent deeds that were done by him.
And thou shalt grope at noonday as the blind gropeth in darkness, and shalt not come to the right way. And thou shalt suffer violence and wrong all thy life long, and no man shall help thee.
but they both together shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the West: and spoil them together that dwell toward the East. The Edomites and the Moabites shall let their hands fall, and the Ammonites shall be obedient unto them.
Howbeit, Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of the natural sleep.
And he shall bring for his trespass offering unto the LORD, even unto the door of the tabernacle of witness: a ram for a trespass offering.
And Elijah answered and said unto them, "If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume thee and thy fifty." And there came fire down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, which clothed you in purple and garments of pleasure, and bordered your raiment with ornaments of gold.
O righteous father, the very world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
When he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, which was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and much people of the city was with her.
where there hanged white, red and yellow cloths, fastened with cords of linen and scarlet in silver rings, upon pillars of Marble stone. The benches were of gold and silver made upon a pavement of green, white, yellow and black Marble.
And the king went again and sent to him another captain over fifty with his fifty, which answered and said unto him, "Oh man of God, thus sayeth the king, 'Make haste and come down.'"
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
And whosoever disobey thy mouth, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, let him die: Only be strong and of good courage."
And he said unto the people, "Go and compass the city: And let the men of arms go before the ark of the LORD."
And when they spake this daily unto him and he followed them not, they told Haman, that they might see whether Mordecai's matters would endure: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
And if the ear say, "I am not the eye, therefore I am not of the body," is he therefore not of the body?
How were the mighty slain in battle? Jonathan on the high hills was wounded to death.
that when ye hear the noise of the trumpets, which shall be blown, with harps, shawmes, Psalteries, Symphonies and all manner of Music: ye fall down and worship the golden Image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up.
Who may endure before his wrath? Or who is able to abide his grim displeasure? His anger taketh on like fire, and the hard rocks burst in sunder before him.
Proclaim a fasting, call the congregation, gather the elders and all the inhabiters of the land together in to the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.
For the office of this ministration, not only supplieth the need of the saints: but also is abundant herein, that for this laudable ministering, thanks might be given to God of many,
Thus sayeth the LORD, 'For three and four wickednesses of the city of Tyre, I will not spare her: because they have increased the captivity of the Edomites, and have not remembered the brotherly covenant.
but let it be stained with darkness, and the shadow of death. Let the dim cloud fall upon it, and let it be lapped in with sorrow.
For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our days upon earth are but a very shadow.
The unity of brethren is stronger than a castle, and they that hold together are like the bar of a palace.
And the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed that groweth in the water is shaken, and will weed Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond Euphrates, because they have made them groves to anger the LORD.
And therefore gird up thy loins, arise, and tell them all that I give thee in commandment. Fear them not; I will not have thee to be afraid of them.
For that, ye ought to say, "If the Lord will, and if we live, let us do this or that."
And take every man his censer and put cense in them, and come before the LORD every man with his censer: two hundred and fifty censers, and Aaron with his censer."
Which answered and said unto those that stood before him, 'Take away the foul clothes from him.' And unto him he said, 'Behold, I have taken away thy sin from thee, and will deck thee with change of raiment.'
For where much wisdom is, there is also great travail and disquietness; and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care.
And the LORD said unto me, "Up, and go forth in the journey before the people and let them go in and conquer the land which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.'
Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers fashion themselves as though they were the ministers of righteousness: whose end shall be according to their deeds.
For the meat and drink offering shall be taken away from the house of the LORD: and the priests, the LORD's ministers, shall mourn.
And therefore shall I lay my hand upon thee, and burn out thy dross from the finest and purest, and put out all thy lead,
In Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;
They that seek thee, shall narrowly look upon thee, and think in themselves, saying, "Is this the man, that brought all lands in fear, and made the kingdoms afraid?
Wilt thou then put me away and cast me off for ever? Or wilt thou withdraw thyself clean from me?' Nevertheless, thou speakest such words, but thou art ever doing worse and worse."
The grape gatherers shall make great moan, when the vineyard and fig trees be so utterly wasted. Yea all the pomegranates, palm trees, apple trees, and the other trees of the field shall wither away. Thus the merry cheer of the children of men shall come to confusion.
And now, concerning that, I am come to speak of this thing unto the king my lord in the presence of the people. Thy handmaid thought, 'Surely I will speak unto the king; peradventure the king will hear the request of his handmaid.
Where thou diest, I will die, and there will be buried. The LORD do so and so to me, except that death only depart thee and me asunder."
And the LORD delivered me two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and in them was according to all the words which the LORD said unto you in the mount out of the fire in the day when the people were gathered together.
and said moreover unto him, "We have litter and provender enough and also room to lodge in."
and cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be ascribed to him that sitteth upon the seat of our God, and unto the lamb."
Receive my doctrine therefore, and not silver: and my knowledge, more than fine gold.
And he said unto me, "Thou must prophesy again among the people, and nations, and tongues, and to many kings."
but the high hill chapels of Isaac must be laid waste, and the churches of Israel made desolate: and as for the house of Jeroboam, I will stand up against it with the sword."
Now therefore behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy Prophets: when in very deed the LORD hath spoken evil toward thee."
Howbeit, because in doing this deed thou hast given the enemies of the LORD a cause to rail, the child that is born thee shall die surely."
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
depart therefore and take your journey and go unto the hills of the Amorites and unto all places nigh thereunto, both fields, hills and dales: and unto the south and unto the sea's side in the land of Canaan, and unto Lebanon: even unto the great river Euphrates.
They are thy servants, and thy people whom thou hast delivered through thy great power and mighty hand.
and provide them ordinances and laws, and show them the way wherein they must walk and the works that they must do.
And all this shall be for the wickedness of Jacob, and the sins of the house of Israel. But what is the wickedness of Jacob? Is not Samaria? Which are the high places of Judah? Is not Jerusalem?
When she saw him, she was abashed at his saying: and cast in her mind what manner of salutation that should be.
But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shall be as the youngest: And he that is chief, shall be as the minister.
And the king sent again the third captain over fifty. And when the third captain over fifty was come up to him, he fell on his knees before Elijah and besought him and said unto him, "Oh man of God, let my life and the life of these fifty thy servants be precious in thy sight.
For what nation is so great that hath gods so nigh unto him as the LORD our God is nigh unto us, in all things, when we call unto him?
And for this lad I prayed, and the LORD hath given me my desire which I asked of him:
desiring to be refreshed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's board. Nevertheless, the dogs came, and licked his sores.
Of the children of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen men.
"'If he will offer a burnt sacrifice of the sheep whether it be of the lambs or of the goats: he shall offer a male without blemish.
Then Daniel answered Melzar, whom the chief chamberlain had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, and said,
Also we received an answer of death in ourselves, and that was done because we should not put our trust in ourselves, but in God, which raiseth the dead to life again -
But the Ark of God had David brought from Kiriathjearim, into the place he had prepared therefore - For he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
And so Joshua made a covenant with the people the same day and set ordinances and laws before them in Shechem.
And I was with thee in all that thou wentest to, and have destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men of the world.
See therefore that thou and thy sons and thy servants till the land for him, and bring in, that thy master's son may have food to eat. For Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat meat always upon my table." For this Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
And Jesus answered and said to it, "Never man eat fruit of thee hereafter while the world standeth." And his disciples heard it.
And when the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring yet a vessel." And he said, "There is no more." And then the oil ceased.
and he sighed in his spirit and said, "Why doth this generation seek a sign? Verily I say unto you, there shall no sign be given unto this generation."
But the just LORD that doth no unright, was among them, every morning showing them his law clearly, and ceased not. But the ungodly will not learn to be ashamed.
O turn you unto my correction: lo, I will express my mind unto you, and make you understand my words.
Do therefore this that we say to thee. We have four men, which have a vow on them.
And when the LORD thy God hath brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give thee with great and goodly cities which thou buildst not,
Then she said, "See, thy sister-in-law is gone back again unto her people and unto her god: return thou after her."
he shall not make himself unclean at the death of his father, mother, brother or sister: For the abstinence of his God is upon his head.
Then took I heed there unto, because of the voice of the proud words, which the horn spake. I beheld, till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given over to be burnt in the fire.
which, when they were come, prayed for them, that they might receive the holy ghost.
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dadan.
The LORD also shall cleave the tongues of the Egyptian's sea, and with a mighty wind shall he lift up his hand over the Nile, and shall smite his seven streams and make men go over dry shod.
and let them lay the pieces with the head and the fat, upon the wood that is on the fire in the altar.
and Beerah was his son. Which Beerah, Tilgathpilneser, king of Assyria, carried away: for he was a great lord among the Reubenites.
For even unto the time of the law was sin in the world: but sin was not regarded, as long as there was no law:
Behold, here is a city by, to flee unto, and it is a little one, let me save myself therein: is it not a little one, that my soul may live?"
And he said also unto the men of Phanuel, "When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower."
Even so must their wives be honest, not evil speakers: but sober, and faithful in all things.
And so they went both together until they came to Bethlehem. And when they were come to Bethlehem, it was noised through all the city, and the women said, "Is not this Naomi?"
When he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and joyed that he with all his household believed on God.
And whensoever he taketh him, he teareth him, and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away. And I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not."
Thou wilt haply speak a light word, that thou hast counsel and power to make war. On whom then dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that such things were written of him, and that such things they had done unto him.
"O prove but ten days with thy servants, and let us have pottage to eat, and water to drink:
The rest of the acts of Joash which he did, and his power, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
and the wine-vat was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the fat, even unto the horse bridles by the space of a a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
All her Images shall be broken down and all her winnings shall be burnt in the fire: yea, all her Idols will I destroy. For why? They are gathered out of the hire of a whore, and into a whore's hire shall they be turned again.
and hired counselors against them and hindered their device, as long as Cyrus the king of Persia lived, until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
This thou knowest, how that all they which are in Asia be turned from me; Of which sort are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
Woe be unto you that join one house to another, and bring one land so nigh unto another, that the poor can get no more ground. Will ye dwell upon the earth alone?
The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man that shall be saved considereth thy name, O LORD. Hear and that thy name may be righteousness. Hear, O ye tribes: who would else give you such warning?
The sons of Japheth: were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.
And thus shall he make a way for his people, that remaineth from the Assyrians, like as it happened to the Israelites, what time they departed out of the land of Egypt.
Gird you, and make your moan, O ye priests: mourn ye ministers of the alter: go your way in, and sleep in sackcloth, O ye officers of my God: for the meat and drink offering shall be taken away from the house of your God.
For he considered that God was able to raise up again from death. Wherefore received he him, for an example of the resurrection.
Let no widow be chosen under sixty years old, and such a one as was the wife of one man,
The things that sometime I might not away withal, are now my meat for very sorrow.
and brought them to the officers, saying, "These men trouble our city, which are Jews
And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, so that it gave no fruit.
And see, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I will come in after thee and will end thy words."
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and bowed himself toward the top of his scepter.
And the woman which hath to her husband an infidel, if he consent to dwell with her, let her not put him away.
Then said Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, "Let me run I pray thee, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath judged him quite of the hands of all his enemies."
The rest of the deeds of Ahaziah which he did, are written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
When ye sin so against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, ye sin against Christ.
And as they sat at board and ate, Jesus said, "Verily I say unto you, That one of you shall betray me, which eateth with me."
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath and in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. And they that walked by paths, went by ways that set compasses about.
But Adonibezek fled, and they followed after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were in the castle of Susa, both unto great and small, seven days long in the court of the garden by the king's palace:
I am one that bear witness of myself, and the father that sent me beareth witness of me."
But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments and do them: though ye were cast out unto the uttermost part of heaven, yet will I gather you from thence, and will bring you from thence, even unto the place that I have chosen for my name to dwell there.'
And the king of Syria fought against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, "In such a place and in such a place will I pitch."
{He} Her enemies have been rulers over her, and have prospered: because the LORD hath chastened her for her great wickedness. Her children are led away captive before their enemy.
She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and showeth her words through the city, saying,
For whosoever in these things serveth Christ, pleaseth well God: and is commended of men.
Therefore saith the LORD God of Hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah, I must ease me of mine enemies, and avenge me upon them.
And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the Ark, offered sheep and oxen, so many that they could not be told or numbered for multitude.
And let him kill it on the north side of the altar, before the LORD. And let the priests, Aaron's sons, sprinkle the blood of it, round about upon the altar.
I will root out the judge from among them, and slay all his princes with him,' sayeth the LORD.
Thou hast covered me with skin and flesh, and joined me together with bones and sinews.
{Daleth} The streets of Zion mourn, because no man cometh to the solemn feasts. All her gates are desolate; her priests make lamentation; her maidens are careful; and she herself is in great heaviness.
Thou shalt destroy the liars; the LORD will abhor both the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
and a land which the LORD thy God careth for. The eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year unto the latter end of the year.
yet were the wings so, that one ever touched another. When they went, they turned them not about: but each one went straight forward.
Yea, all this plague, as it is written in the law of Moses, is come upon us. Yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn again from our wickedness, and to be learned in thy verity.
Their legs were straight; But their feet were like bullock's feet, and they glistered, as it had been fair scoured metal.
And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, "Am I God, to slay and to make alive, that he should send to me, for to deliver a man from his leprosy? But consider, I pray you, and see how he picketh quarrels with me!"
I will root out them that dwell at Ashdod, and him that holdeth the scepter of Ashkelon, and stretch out mine hand over Ekron, that the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,' sayeth the LORD.
Take your counsel together, yet must your counsel come to nought; go in hand withal, yet shall it not prosper. For God is with us.
Then Adonibezek said, "Three score and ten kings having their thumbs and great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table wherefore as I have done so God hath done to me again." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
And he said unto him, 'Of thine own mouth judge I thee, thou evil servant. Knowest thou that I am a strait man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow?
Wherein I also labour and strive, even as far forth as his working worketh in me mightily.
For lo, I will raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and swift people: which shall go as wide as the land is, to take possession of dwelling places that be not their own.
Easier it is for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
So sent he into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him: Timothy and Erastus: but he himself remained in Asia for a season.
"Let us go through thy land; We will not turn into thy fields nor into thy vineyards, neither drink of the water of the wells: but we will go along by the common way, until we be past thy country."
"Master, Moses wrote unto us, if any man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children: that then his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.
And he said unto them, "Wheresoever ye enter into a house, there abide till ye depart thence.
And then Solomon made a house for Pharaoh's daughter which he had taken to wife, like unto that porch.
And Samuel said, "When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed thee king over Israel.
And Judah went unto the Cananites that dwelt in Hebron, which before time was called Kiriatharba. And slew Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.
How much more then an abominable and vile man, which drinketh wickedness like water?
One law and one manner shall serve, both for you and for the stranger that dwelleth with you.'"
These are the ways of all such as be covetous, that one would ravish another's life.
And the man that stood among the Myrtle trees, answered and said, 'These are they, whom the LORD hath sent to go through the world.'
And see that you think not to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father': for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Their faces also and their wings were spread out above: so that two wings of one touched ever two wings of another, and with the other two they covered their body.
Upon the right side of these four, their faces were like the face of a man, and the face of a Lion: But upon the left side, they had the face of an ox and the face of an eagle.
Bring therefore men of wisdom and of understanding and expert, known among your tribes, that I may make them rulers over you.'
but all things, when they are rebuked of the light, are manifest. For whatsoever is manifest, that same is light.
Thou oughtest therefore to have had my money to the changers, and then at my coming should I have received my mine own with vantage.
And they answered the angel of the LORD, that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, 'We have gone through the world: and behold all the world dwell at ease, and are careless.'
The same time, Menahem destroyed Tappuah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah - because they opened not to him - he smote, and rent all the women with child.
Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee. Go up and conquer it, as the LORD God of thy fathers sayeth unto thee: fear not, neither be discouraged.'
Yea, or the day of the LORD's sore displeasure come upon you. Seek the LORD, all ye meek hearted upon earth, ye that work after his judgment: seek righteousness, seek lowliness, that ye may be defended in the wrathful day of the LORD.
Then Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, "What aileth thee with me that thou comest upon me to fight against my land?"
Behold, the people shall rise up as a lioness and heave up himself as a lion; and shall not lie down again, until he have eaten of the prey and drunk of the blood of them that are slain!"
Take heed that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in whatsoever place thou seest:
A dissembling person will discover privy things; but he that is of a faithful heart, will keep counsel.