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and was returned to be healed in Jezreel, of the wounds which the Syrians had given him as he fought with Hazael king of Syria. Then said Jehu, "If it be your minds, then let no man escape out of the city, to go and tell in Jezreel."
And yet, for all that, Pharaoh's heart was hardened, so that he hearkened not unto them, even as the LORD had said.
For no doubt that which was there glorified is not once glorified in respect of this exceeding glory.
And they said unto him, "Cornelius the captain, a just man and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the people of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel, to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee."
And the children of the captivity did even so. And Ezra the priest, and the ancient heads through the house of their fathers, and all that were now rehearsed by name, separated themselves; and sat them down on the first day of the tenth month to examine this matter.
The same time was Moses born, and was a proper child in the sight of God, which was nourished up in his father's house three months.
Wherefore gird yourselves about with sackcloth, mourn, and weep, for the fearful wrath of the LORD shall not be withdrawn from you."
And when they had mocked him, they took the purple off him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out, to crucify him.
And they came out to Jesus, and they saw him that was vexed with the fiend, and had the legion, sit: both clothed and in his right mind; and were afraid.
O my God, incline thine ear, and hearken; at the least for thine own sake, open thine eyes. Behold how we be desolated: yea, and the city also, which is called after thy name. For we do not cast our prayers before thee in our own righteousnesses, no, but only in thy great mercies.
Whereupon Saul sent messengers unto Jesse and said, "Send me David thy son which is with the sheep."
But if thou fear to go down, then go thou down unto the host, and Phurah thy lad,
And Enoch begat Irad. And Irad begat Mehujael. And Mehujael begat Methusael. And Methusael begat Lamech.
And the LORD answered and said unto his people, "Behold, I sent you corn, new wine and oil, that ye shall be satisfied therewith. Neither will I deliver you any more unto the heathen.
At that day shall ye ask in mine name. And I say not unto you that I will speak unto my father for you.
So I went in, and saw: and behold, there were all manner of images of worms and beasts, all Idols and abominations of the house of Israel painted every which one round about the wall.
And why? For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.
and they twain shall be made one flesh.' So then are they now not twain, but one flesh.
O LORD, put a schoolmaster over them, that the Heathen may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
And this is the copy of the letter, that king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, which was a teacher in the words of the LORD and of his statutes over Israel:
And herefore sigh we, desiring to be clothed with our mansion which is from heaven:
And even so, all that generation were put unto their fathers. And there arose another generation after them which neither knew the LORD, nor yet the works which he did unto Israel.
which fed thee in the wilderness with Manna whereof thy fathers knew not, for to humble thee and to prove thee, that he might do thee good at thy latter end.
And they hasted and took every man his mantle and put under him, on a high bench at the top of the steps, and blew a trumpet and said, "Jehu is king."
And they put away the strange gods from them and served the LORD. And the misery of Israel grieved his soul.
And so the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the LORD and forgot the LORD their God and served Baalim and Asheroth.
Then thou shalt say unto thy son, 'We were bondmen unto Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Moreover there was nothing in the Ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, after they were come out of Egypt.
And Shuppim and Huppim were the children of Ir. And the Hushites were the children of Aher.
Then said Lamech unto his wives Adah and Zillah, "Hear my voice ye wives of Lamech, and hearken unto my words, for I have slain a man and wounded myself, and have slain a young man, and got myself stripes.
And I went down unto the bottom of the hills, and was barred in with earth on every side forever. And yet thou, LORD my God, broughtest up my life again out of corruption.
And they told him, saying, "Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, and would see thee."
{Daleth} He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath fastened his righthand as an adversary: and everything that was pleasant to see, he hath smitten it down. He hath poured out his wrath like a fire, into the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion.
And though they bring up any, yet will I make them childless among men. Yea, woe shall come to them, when I depart from them.
And Harbona, one of the chamberlains that stood before the king, said, "Behold, there standeth a gallows in Haman's house fifty cubits high, which he had made for Mordecai, that spake good for the king." The king said, "Hang him thereon."
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
Forasmuch as we have heard that certain which departed from us, have troubled you with words, and cumbered your minds saying ye must be circumcised and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment.
And LORD, for thy servant's sake, even according to thine own heart thou hast done all this magnificence,
And he said, "Come." And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
And the men of Kiriathjearim came and set up the ark of the LORD, and brought it unto the house of Abinadab in Gibeah and sanctified Eleazar his son to wait upon the ark of the LORD.
Even so goeth it with all them that forget God: and even thus also shall the hypocrite's hope come to naught.
And Moses told the children of Israel even so: But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, "What if there be forty found there?" And he said, "I will not do it for forty's sake."
And as long as there was battle between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner held up the house of Saul.
Conscience I say, not thine: but the conscience of that other. For why should my liberty be judged of another man's conscience?
and refused to hear, and were not mindful of the wonders that thou didst for them: but became obstinate and heady insomuch that they turned back to their bondage in their disobedience. But thou, my God, forgavest, and wast gracious, merciful, patient, and of great goodness, and forsookest them not.
If a man on the Sabbath day receive circumcision without breaking of the law of Moses: Disdain ye at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day?
And all that heard it wondered, at those things which were told them of the shepherds.
He putteth Down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree.
A time to cut in pieces, and a time to sew together; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
"'Preach in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces of the land of Egypt, and say, 'Gather you together upon the mountains of Samaria, so shall ye see great murder and violent oppression among them.' For why? They regard not the thing that is right,
Therefore, when all the folk heard the noise of the trumpets, that were blown, with the harps, shawmes, Psalteries, Symphonies and all kind of Melody: then all the people, kindreds and nations fell down, and bowed themselves unto the golden Image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Therefore are they scattered among the Heathen; There will I gather them up. They shall soon be weary of the burden of king and princes.
And this commandment have we of him: that he which loveth God, should love his brother also.
that they may offer sweet savours unto the God of heaven; and pray for the king's life, and for his children.
Give therefore unto thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, and to discern between good, and bad. For who is able to judge this, thy so weighty a people?"
but doeth right unto the fatherless and widow and loveth the stranger, to give him food and raiment.
As the lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
And behold, I have given the children of Levi the tenth in Israel to inherit, for the service which they serve in the tabernacle of witness,
And Joshua said, roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave and appoint men thereto, for to keep them.
And it was told Joshua, saying, "The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah."
Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him. But Mary sat still in the house.
For I fear, lest it come to pass, that when I come I shall not find you such as I would: and I shall be found unto you such as I would not. I fear lest there be found among you debate, envying, wrath, strife, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, and discord.
And Jesus answered them and said, "Have ye not read what David did, when he himself was a hungered, and they which were with him:
And he answered, "Nay, but I am the captain of the host of the LORD and am now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and did reverence, and said unto him, "What sayeth my Lord unto his servant?"
not now as a servant: but above a servant, I mean a brother beloved, specially to me: but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and also in the Lord?
and the husbandmen caught his servants, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
and the men of Judah gave a shout. And as the men of Judah shouted, God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah, when she saw that her son was dead, she arose and slew all the seed of the king.
So the king of the north shall come to lay siege, and to take the strong fenced cities: And the power of them of the south shall not be able to abide him, and the best men of the people shall not be so strong as to resist him.
neither filthiness, neither foolish talking, neither jestings, which are not comely: but rather giving of thanks.
But Abner the son of Ner that was captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him to Mahanaim;
All, even as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Therefore God led them about through the wilderness that bordereth on the reed sea. The children of Israel went harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
In the law it is written, "With other tongues, and with other lips will I speak unto this people, and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord."
{Kuf} I called for my lovers, but they beguiled me; for my Priests and counselors, but they perished: even while they sought for meat, to save their lives.
Then the disciples took him by night, and put him through the wall and let him down in a basket.
Thus the priest is become like the people. Wherefore I will punish them for their wicked ways, and reward them according to their own imaginations.
For he in no place taketh on him the angels: but the seed of Abraham taketh he on him.
Wherefore he said, "What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother?" And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
And when all the people were full circumcised, they abode still in their places in the host till they were whole.
Certain also of the chief of Asia which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not press into the common hall.
He that trusteth in his riches shall have a fall; but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
But who so hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and have enough without any fear of evil."
Surely thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong, that thou mayest take the matter into thy hand. The poor committeth himself unto thee, for thou art the helper of the friendless.
then he will give rain unto your land in due season, both the first rain and the latter, and thou shalt gather in thy corn, thy wine and thine oil.
Thus sayeth the LORD, 'like as a herdsman taketh two legs or a piece of an ear out of the lion's mouth: Even so the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria, having their couches in the corner, and the beds at Damascus, shall be plucked away.
I saw a vision in my head upon my bed: and behold, there stood a tree upon the ground,
Yea, I myself, sayeth the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be honored in her.'
No: but before it be shot forth, and before it be gathered, it withereth; before any other herb.
And the other said again, "I may not return with thee, to go with thee, neither may I eat bread or drink water with thee in this place.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. {Sent from Rome by Epaphroditus.}
When Jesus saw that the people came running together unto him, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, "Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee come out of him, and enter no more into him."
And so Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Jehoram. And Jehoram had been waiting at Ramoth Gilead, and all Israel with him for fear of Hazael king of Syria;
Thus will I perform my wrath upon this wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and then will I say unto you: The wall is gone, and the daubers are away.
And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
and said, "Go with me and see the zeal I have to the LORD," and made him ride with him in his chariot.
Haply he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever,
For as many cities as thou hast, O Judah, so many gods hast thou also: And look how many streets there be in thee, O Jerusalem: so many shameful altars have ye set up, to offer upon them unto Baal.
"I say unto thee, Arise and take up thy bed, and get thee hence into thine own house."
and thence departed by ship to Antioch, from whence they were delivered unto the grace of God, to the work which they had fulfilled.
My tabernacle is destroyed, and all my cords are broken. My children are gone from me, and can nowhere be found. Now have I none to spread out my tent, or to set up my hangings.
What man is so wise, as to understand this? Or to whom hath the LORD spoken by mouth, that he may show this, and say, "O thou land, why perishest thou so? Wherefore art thou so burnt up, and like a wilderness that no man goeth through?"
Thereto, the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel came again to Israel, even from Ekron to Gath, with the coasts of the same, which Israel plucked out of the hands of the Philistines. For there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called the name of Hosea, the son of Nun, Joshua.
Consider the work of God, how that no man can make the thing straight, which he maketh crooked.
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish and all manner of wares, and sold on the Sabbath unto the children of Judah and Jerusalem.
And David went out to them and answered and said to them, "If ye be come peaceably unto me, to help me, mine heart shall be together with you. But and if you come to beguile me and to be mine adversary, seeing there is no wickedness in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon and rebuke it."
Thy cheeks are like a piece of a pomegranate, within thy volupers.
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, the receiver of the tribute. And all Israel stoned him to death with stones. But king Rehoboam made speed and gat him up to his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.
and in the wilderness: as thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee as a man should bear his son, throughout all the way which ye have gone, until ye came unto this place.'
And yet for all that, I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his royalty, was not arrayed like unto one of these.
And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. And they lifted up their eyes and spied the ark. And rejoiced when they saw it.
The congregations of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca salute you much in the Lord, and so doeth the congregation that is in their house.
And when ye cry out at that time upon your king which ye shall have chosen you, the LORD will not hear you at that day."
And they arose out of Midian and went to Paran, and took men with them out of Paran and came to Egypt unto Pharaoh king thereof, which gave him a house, and appointed him victuals and gave him lands.
and lived, after he had begot Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, against them which commit such things.
But as for you, ye are gone clean out of the way, and have caused the multitude to be offended at the law: ye have broken the covenant of Levi, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
Hast thou faith? Have it with thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
and when thy beasts and thy sheep are waxed many and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied,
On the morrow he loosed him from his bonds, desiring to know the certainty for what cause he was accused of the Jews, and commanded the high priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul, and set him before them.
Go into the Isles of Chittim, and look well; send unto Kedar, and take diligent heed; and see, whether such things be done there,
"The land of Zebulun and Naphtali, the way of the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
And the four beasts said, "Amen." And the twenty four elders fell upon their faces, and worshipped him that liveth for evermore.
For when I was in Thessalonica, ye sent once, and afterward again, unto my needs:
But the LORD God said unto David my father, 'In that it was in thine heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well, that thou wast so minded.
Therefore I commend gladness, because a man hath no better thing under the Sun, than to eat and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall he have of his labour all the days of his life, which God giveth him under the Sun.
The ignorant have foolishness in possession; but the wise are crowned with knowledge.
Yea though I be righteous, yet will I not give him one word again, but meekly submit myself to my judge.
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the forcer that was thereby, wherein the Jewels of gold were and put them on the great stone. And the men of Bethshemesh sacrificed burnt sacrifice and offered offerings that same day unto the LORD.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did that displeased the LORD.
For when Saul was gone with his men to seek, it was told David. And therefore he went unto a rock and dwelt in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he followed after David into the wilderness of Maon.
As touching the resurrection of the dead: have ye not read what is said unto you of God, which sayeth,
Truly I say unto you, it shall be easier for the land of Sodom, and Gomorra, in the day of judgment, than for that city.
And Naaman was wroth and went away, and said, "Behold, I thought in myself, he would have come out, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and put his hand on the place of the disease, and so take away the leprosy.
And he called unto Moses and Aaron by night, saying, "Rise up, and get you out from among my people: both ye and also the children of Israel, and go and serve the LORD as ye have said.
Then shall the vision seers be ashamed, and the soothsayers confounded: yea they shall be fain, all the pack of them, to stop their mouths: for they have not God's word.
Therefore, if ye will not tell me the dream, ye shall all have one judgment: But ye feign and dissemble with vain words which ye speak before me, to put off the time. Therefore tell me the dream, and so shall I know - if ye can show me - what it meaneth."
And David and all the house of Israel brought the ark of the LORD with shouting and trumpet blowing.
Blow with the shawmes at Gibeah, and with the trumpet in Ramah, cry out at Bethaven upon the yon-side of Benjamin.
There shall no misfortune happen unto the just; but the ungodly shall be filled with misery.
And the Philistines took the ark of God and carried it from the help stone, unto Ashdod,
He taketh away the subjection of the people from their kings, and girdeth their loins with a bond.
Now Solomon had made a brazen pulpit of five cubits long and five cubits broad, and three of height, and had set it in the midst of the great court, upon that he stepped and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel and stretched out his hands to heaven,
that ye may behave yourselves honestly toward them that are without and that nothing be lacking unto you.
When they went forth, they went all four together, not turning about in their going. But where the first went, thither went they after also, so that they turned not about in their going.
And Balaam rose up and went and dwelt in his place: and Balak also went his way.
And that he might be the father of the circumcised: not because they are circumcised only: but because they walk also in the steps of that faith, that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision.
whom I sent unto you for the same purpose: that ye might know what case I stand in, and that he might comfort your hearts.
Who so churneth milk, maketh butter; he that rubbeth his nose, maketh it bleed; and he that causeth wrath, bringeth forth strife.
They tread upon poor men's heads, in the dust of the earth, and crook the ways of the meek. The son and the father go to the harlot, to dishonour my holy name,
"Thou son of man, tell her, 'Thou art an unclean land, which is not rained upon in the day of the cruel wrath:
Then mightest thou have comfort, in the hope that thou hast; and sleep quietly, when thou art buried.
and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride, shall be heard no more in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth. And with thine enchantment were deceived all nations:
"'If any man's seed depart from him in his sleep, he shall wash his flesh in water and be unclean until evening.
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest the sheep, where thou maketh the rest at the noon day: for why shall I be like him that goeth wrong about the flocks of thy companions?
I know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is, and thou keepest my name and hast not denied my faith. And in my days Antipas was a faithful witness of mine, which was slain among you where Satan dwelleth.
He was with David at Pasdammim where the Philistines were gathered to battle. And there was there a parcel of ground full of barley, and the people fled for fear of the Philistines.
And after him, Abdon the son of Hillel a Pirathonite judged Israel.
and all the devils besought him saying, "Send us into the herd of swine, that we may enter into them."
And he was angry, and would not go in. Then came his father out, and entreated him.
So they came to the king, and spake before him concerning his commandment, saying, "O king, hast thou not subscribed the statute, that within thirty days whoso requireth his petition of any god or man, but only of thyself, O king, he shall be cast into the den of the lions?" The king answered, and said, "It is true. It must be as a law of the Medes and Persians, that may not be broken."
and came, and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
Then said some of them of Jerusalem, "Is not this he whom they go about to kill?
For this cause shall the wrath of the LORD of Hosts fall upon the land, and the people shall be consumed, as it were with fire: no man shall spare his brother,
And ever, when they that bare the Ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he offered an ox and a fat sheep.
And David went to Saul and came before him, and he loved him very well; so that he was made his harness bearer.
But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, they came all up to seek David. And as soon as David heard of it, he gat him to a hold.
I fear lest when I come again, God bring me low among you, and I be constrained to bewail many of them which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness, and fornication, and wantonness which they have committed.
Then he said, "Go and spy where he is that I may send and fetch him." And one told the king, saying, "See, he is in Dothan."
if he begin to fume and say unto thee, 'Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city to fight? Wist ye not that men would hurl and shoot from the walls?
And when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a great slaughter till they were wasted, yet there remained a certain of them, which entered into walled cities.
And as soon as she had so said she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, "The master is come and calleth for thee."
Yea, and the noise of her whoredom hath defiled the whole land. For she hath committed her adultery with stones and stocks.
Ye speak hard words against me, sayeth the LORD. And yet ye say, 'What have we spoken against thee?'
Wherefore the LORD said, "Hearken, ye of the house of David: Is it so small a thing for you, to be grievous to men, but that ye should also be painful unto God?
but was rebuked of his iniquity. The tame and dumb beast, speaking with man's voice forbade the foolishness of the prophet.
A poor child being wise, is better than an old king that doteth, and cannot beware in time to come.
So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done under the Sun, and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed; and there was no man to comfort them or that would deliver and defend them from the violence of their oppressors.
and answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, "If my father made your yoke grievous, I will add thereto, and where my father chastised you with whips, I will chastise you with scorpions."
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said "We are witnesses: the LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and Lea, which twain did build the house of Israel: that she may do virtuously in Ephrata, and be famous in Bethlehem,
What is my reward then? Verily that when I preach the gospel, I make the gospel of Christ free, that I misuse not mine authority in the gospel.
These waited on the king, besides those which the king had put in strong cities throughout all Judah.
And as for thine asses that were lost this day three days, care not for them - for they are found. And moreover, whose shall the beautiful things of Israel be? Belong they not unto thee, and unto all thy father's house?"
And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet cense before the LORD which is in the tabernacle of witness, and shall pour all the blood of the ox upon the bottom of the altar of burnt offerings which is by the door of the tabernacle of witness.
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto,
eat it therefore in the holy place, because it is thy duty and thy sons' duty of the sacrifice of the LORD: for so I am commanded.
How long will this continue in the prophets' hearts: to tell lies, and to preach the crafty subtlety of their own heart?
"'And if it fortune that any man, by chance, die suddenly before him and defile the head of his abstinence, then must he shave his head the day of his cleansing: even the seventh day he shall shave it.
And that he might deliver them which, through fear of death, all their life time were in danger of bondage.
But Judah shall have a harvest for himself, when I return the captivity of my people.
For Pharaoh, king of Egypt, went up and took Gezer and burnt it with fire, and slew the Cananites that dwelt in the city, and gave it for a present unto his daughter that was Solomon's wife.
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman and uncondemned?"
He is God, whose wrath no man may withstand: but the proudest of all must stoop under him.
he met with the brethren of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and said "What are ye?" And they said, "The brethren of Ahaziah are we, and go to salute the children of the king and of the queen."
And when he came into a house away from the people, his disciples asked him of the similitude,
But when he saw a mighty wind, he was afraid. And as he began to sink, he cried, saying, "Master save me."
"Men of Israel, help. This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover also he hath brought Greeks into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place."
And Hadad gat great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the Queen.
And after a good while, the Jews took counsel together among themselves, to kill him.
What art thou, thou great mountain, before Zerubbabel? Thou must be made even. And he shall bring up the first stone so that men shall cry unto him, 'Good luck, good luck!''
and murmured in your tents and said, 'Because the LORD hateth us, therefore he hath brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites and to destroy us.
The world cannot hate you. Me it hateth: Because I testify of it, that the works of it are evil.
Shortly, when he cometh, he shall handle him as he list, and no man shall be so hardy as to stand against him. He shall stand in the pleasant country, which through him shall be destroyed.
Shallum begat Hilkiah. Hilkiah begat Azariah.
His brethren therefore said unto him, "Get thee hence and go into Jewry that thy disciples may see thy works that thou doest.
They said unto him, He will cruelly destroy those evil persons; and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall deliver him the fruit at times convenient.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
and declared unto them thy holy Sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, ordinances, and laws, by Moses thy servant:
Moreover, they reckoned not with the men, into whose hands they delivered that money to be bestowed on workmen: But they did it even of fidelity.
As for the multitude of your wickednesses and your stout sins, I know them right well. Enemies are ye of the righteous; ye take rewards; ye oppress the poor in judgment.
And the watchmen that stood on the tower in Jezreel spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." And Jehoram said, "Take a horseman and send against them, and let him ask whether it be peace."
Then Samson's wife wept unto him and said, "It cannot be but that thou hatest me and lovest me not: for thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my folk and wilt not tell me what it meaneth." And he said, "Behold, I have not told it my father, nor my mother, and should I tell it thee?"
Of the children of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten men.
Then said his servants unto him, "What is this that thou hast done? Thou did fast and weep for thy child while it was alive, and as soon as it was dead thou didst rise up and didst eat meat."
Yea, and though I be offered up upon the offering and sacrifice of your faith: I rejoice and rejoice with you all.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the children of Bilhah.
In that time shalt thou no more be confounded, because of all thy imaginations, wherethrough thou hadst offended me: for I will take away the proud boasters of thine honour from thee, so that thou shalt no more triumph because of my holy hill.
'I have smitten you with drought and blasting: and look how many orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees ye had: the caterpillar hath eaten them up. But yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD.
"God chose new fashions of war, for when they had war at their gates: there was not seen, among forty thousand, either shield or spear in Israel.
For when they have spoken the swelling words of vanity, they beguile with wantonness through the lusts of the flesh them that were clean escaped: but now are wrapped in errors.
Again, as for him of the North, I shall drive him far from you: and shoot him out into a dry and waste land, his face toward the east sea, and his hinder parts toward the utmost sea. The stink of him shall go up, and his filthy corruption shall fall upon himself, because he hath dealt so proudly."
Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, Amen. {Unto the Galatians, Written from Rome}
for the turning away of the unwise shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall be their own destruction.
"Tomorrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin: him shalt thou anoint to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines, for I have looked upon my people and their cry is come unto me."
and shall put thereon a covering of taxus' skins and shall spread a cloth that is altogether of jacinth, above all, and put the staves thereof in.
So now let the power of my LORD be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, "What is thy name, that when thy saying is come to pass, we may do thee some worship?"
"'If no,' sayeth the LORD God, the God of hosts, 'there shall be mourning in all streets. Yea, they shall say in every street: alas, alas. They shall call the husbandman to lamentation; and such as can mourn, to mourning.
Abram went forth into the land till he came unto a place called Shechem, and unto the oak of Moreh. And the Cananites dwelled then in the land.
I bear him record that he hath a fervent mind toward you, and toward them of Laodicea and them of Hierapolis.
{Res} Consider, O LORD, how I am troubled: my womb is disquieted, my heart turneth about in me, and I am full of heaviness. The sword hurteth me without, and within I am like unto death.
Thus shall man have a fall; he shall be brought low, and the high looks of the proud shall be laid down.
Your gold and your silver are cankered, and the rust of them shall be a witness unto you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together in your last days.
And the king made of the Algum wood stairs for the house of the LORD and in the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers. And there was no such wood seen before in the land of Judah.
And David longed and said, "Oh that one would give me of the water of the well of Bethlehem that is in the gate, for to drink."
And Samuel lay till morning and then opened the doors of the house of the LORD. But Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
It is a man's worship to do good; and better it is to be a poor man, than a dissembler.
Israel hath sinned and also transgressed my covenant, which I commanded them, and have taken of the excommunicate things, and have stolen and hid them, and also put them unto their own stuff:
and knowest his will, and hast experience of good and bad, in that thou art informed by the law:
and charged the messengers, saying, "When thou hast made an end of telling the story of war unto the king,
The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did unto you in Egypt before your eyes
Jesus answered, "He it is to whom I give a sop, when I have dipped it." And he wet a sop, and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son.
And Tamar put ashes on her head and rent her gay kirtle that was on her and put her hand on her head and so went, and as she went cried.
Ye shall not eat one day only, either two or five days, either ten or twenty days:
Forgive me yet my sin only this once, and pray unto the LORD your God that he may take away from me this death only."
And they went about to take him, but they feared the people. For they perceived that he spake that similitude against them. And they left him and went their way.
And they went out of the prison and entered into the house of Lydia, and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed.
I said, I will climb up the date tree, and take hold of his branches. Thy breasts also shall be as the vine grapes, the smell of thy nostrils like the smell of apples,
A fool is so full of words, that a man cannot tell what end he shall make. Who will then warn him of it that shall follow after him?
Therefore see that ye eat no leavened bread, but in all your habitations eat sweet bread."
Hodiah, Bani and Beninu.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were yet born to David.
with one Onesimus a faithful, and a beloved brother, which is one of you. They shall show you of all things which are a doing here.
And he plagued the men of Bethshemesh, because they had seen the ark of the LORD. And he slew of the people fifty thousand and three score and ten persons. And the people lamented, because the LORD had slain so great a slaughter of them.
and drank of the wine and was drunk, and lay uncovered in the midst of his tent.
For ye suffer even if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour, if a man take, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius, and said, "Behold, I am he, whom ye seek, what is the cause wherefore ye are come?"
Behold, I will upon thee, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, and will pull thy clothes over thy head: that I may show thy nakedness among the Heathen, and thy shame among the kingdoms.
Their children shall be slain before their eyes, their houses spoiled, and their wives ravished.
And David was in a hold. And there was a garrison of the Philistines at Bethlehem that same time.
He poureth out confusion upon princes, and comforteth them that have been oppressed.
"'If any be unclean and sprinkle not himself, the same soul shall be destroyed from among the congregation: for he hath defiled the holy place of the LORD. And he that sprinkleth the sprinkling water, shall wash his clothes.
and hearken what they say, and so shall thine hands be strong, and then thou shalt go down unto the host." Then he went down with Phurah his lad, even hard unto the men of arms that were in the host.
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Giants,
But and if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, see thou make it not of hewed stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou shalt pollute it.
And I will kill her children with death. And all the congregations shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts. And I will give unto everyone of you according to your works.
Wisdom is more worth than precious stones, and all the things that thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
they took the daughters of them to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
The fear of the LORD preserveth the life; yea it giveth plenteousness, without the visitation of any plague.
Whereupon the king took counsel and made two calves of gold and said unto the people, "Ye shall not need to go any more to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, Israel, which brought you out of the land of Egypt!"
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold, three pounds of gold going to a piece, and put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon.
unkind, trucebreakers, stubborn, false accusers, rioters, fierce, despisers of them which are good,
But Jehoash king of Judah took all the dedicated things that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, and all the gold that could be found in the treasure of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and so he departed from Jerusalem.
Then all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and destroyed his altars, and brake down his images lustily, and slew Nathan, the priest of Baal, before the altar. And the priest set watchmen in the house of the LORD,
And they put on sackcloth both man and beast, and cried unto God mightily, and turned every man from his wicked way, and from doing wrong in which they were accustomed, saying,
And the watchman told, saying, "He came to them, but he cometh not again, and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he driveth as he were mad."
And the Ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite, three months; and the LORD blessed Obededom and all his household.
And so Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the king's house and all that came in his heart to make in the house of the LORD and in his own house, and that prosperously.
When Solomon awoke, this was his dream. And he came to Jerusalem and presented himself before the Ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
Moreover, he sprinkled the tabernacle with blood also, and all the ministering vessels.
And bring the Levites before the LORD, and let the children of Israel put their hands upon the Levites.
So that they shall go from the one sea to the other, yea from the north unto the east, running about to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
But unto whom shall I speak, whom shall I warn, that he may take heed? Their ears are so uncircumcised, that they may not hear. Behold, they take the word of God but for a scorn, and have no lust thereto.
Then the children of Ammon gathered together and pitched in Gilead. And the children of Israel gathered them together and pitched in Mizpeh.
And I heard a man's voice in the river of Ulai, which cried, and said, "O Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."
Neither murmur ye as some of them murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Rabbith, Kishion and Ebez;
Gaius mine host and the host of all the congregations, saluteth you. Erastus, the chamberlain of the city, saluteth you. And Quartus, a brother, saluteth you.
{Khet} But now their faces are very black: Insomuch, that thou shouldest not know them in the streets. Their skin cleaveth to their bones; It is withered, and become like a dry stock.
Those priests were made without an oath: but this priest with an oath, by him that said unto him, "The Lord sware, and will not repent: Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."
Let the stars of that night be dim through darkness of it. Let it look for light, but let it see none, neither the raising up of the fair morning:
Then shouldest thou take thy rest, and no man to make thee afraid, yea many one should set much by thee.
Moreover thou knowest how Joab the son of Zeruiah hath served me, and what he hath done to the two captains of the hosts of Israel - unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether - how he slew them and shed the blood of war in time of peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet.
And Solomon built Gezer and Bethhoron the nether;
and then went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab hath rebelled against me, wilt thou go with me against the Moabites to battle?" And he said, "I will go, and will be as thou, and my people shall be as thine, and my horses as thine."
And mightily he overcame the Jews and that openly showing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
And when they had seen it, they published abroad the saying, which was told them of that child.
Then sought they to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his time was not yet come.
And the people took of the spoil, sheep, oxen, and the chiefest of the things which should have been destroyed, to offer unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal."
Love therefore the stranger, for ye were strangers yourselves in the land of Egypt.
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and brought them forth, and said,
But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the LORD, who is also their strength in the time of trouble.
He that laboureth for honesty findeth his desire; but whoso seeketh after mischief, it shall happen unto him.
And she brought them up upon the roof of the house, and hid them under flax, yet in the stalks, which she had lying abroad upon the roof.
Who is it that overcometh the world: but he which believeth that Jesus is the son of God?
before I go thither, from whence I shall not turn again. Namely, to that land of darkness and shadow of death:
See that they which have believing masters despise them not because they are brethren: but so much the rather do service, forasmuch as they are believing and beloved and partakers of the benefits. These things teach and exhort.
Neither did Manasseh expel Bethshean with her towns, neither Taanach with her towns, neither the inhabiters of Dor with her towns, neither the inhabiters of Ibleam with her towns, neither the inhabiters of Megiddo with her towns, and so the Cananites went to and dwelt in the said land.
God hath not cast away his people which he knew before. Either know ye not what the scripture saith by the mouth of Elijah, how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
We have sent with them a brother of ours, whom we have oft times proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent. The great confidence which I have in you
and let Aaron put both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the misdeeds of the children of Israel, and all their trespasses, and all their sins: and let him put them upon the head of the goat and send him away by the hands of one that is acquainted in the wilderness.
Grace be with all them which love our Lord Jesus Christ in pureness. Amen. {Sent from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.}
The inhabiters of Jerusalem, and their rulers: because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day; they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
And I will plant them their own land, and they shall not be any more plucked out of their land which I have given them," saith the LORD thy God.
They that imagine evil in their mind, will deceive; but the counselors of peace shall have joy following them.
The mouth of the just will be talking of wisdom; but the tongue of the froward shall perish.
That other men be not filled with thy goods, and that thy labours come not in a strange house.
Thus the LORD commandeth: Take heed for your lives, that ye carry no burden upon you in the Sabbath, to bring it through the gates of Jerusalem:
And so Saul died for his trespass that he trespassed against the LORD, in that he kept not the word of the LORD, and in that he asked counsel of a woman that wrought with a spirit,
in death often. Of the Jews, five times received I, every time, forty stripes, save one.
And the priests and Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him, out of all their coasts.
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the lad came into him again and he revived.
Rejoice ye then, and be glad: for behold, your reward is great in heaven. After this manner their fathers entreated the prophets.
Azariah the son of Hilkiah the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok the son of Meraioth the son of Ahitub the chiefest in the house of God.
And he said to the king of Israel, "Put thine hand upon the bow, and when he had put his hand upon the bow, Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands."
And Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel - and reigned two years. But the house of Judah only followed David.
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and masons, to build David a house.
These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.
Then shall he swear and say, "I cannot help you. Moreover, there is neither meat nor clothing in my house, make me no ruler of the people."
And she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold: which they bestowed upon Baal.
As for me, I am full of strength, and of the spirit of the LORD; full of judgment and boldness, to show the house of Jacob their wickedness, and the house of Israel their sin.
And Manoah took a kid with a meat offering and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD. And the angel did wonderfully, Manoah and his wife looking upon.
and took the rulers over hundreds and the captains and the guard and all the people of the land. And they brought the king from the house of the LORD and went the way of the gate of the guard of the king's house. And he sat him down on the seat of the kings.
For if the inheritance come of the law, it cometh not of promise: but God gave it unto Abraham by promise.
and at that time shall they come unto thee, from Assyria unto the strong cities, and from the strong cities unto the river: from the one sea to the other, from the one mountain to the other.
The thing that the ungodly are afraid of, shall come upon them; but the righteous shall have their desire.
which is father over all that is called father in heaven and in earth, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory,
"But behold, O thou son of man: In the day when I take from them their power, their joy and honour, the lust of their eyes, the burden of their bodies - namely, their sons and daughters -
And so when ark of the LORD had been in the country of the Philistines seven months,
And when Hadad heard say in Egypt that David was laid to sleep with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead also, he said to Pharaoh, "Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country."
Then said Samuel unto the people, "Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there."
Let therefore abide in you that same which ye heard at the beginning. If that which ye heard at the beginning shall remain in you, then ye also shall continue in the son, and in the father.
And he said, "What is that he said unto thee? See ye hide it not from me. The LORD do so and so to thee, if thou hide anything from me, of all that he said unto thee."
And cast that unprofitable servant into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and said, "Go and serve the LORD; only let your sheep, and your oxen abide, but let your children go with you."
As they passed the time in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, "The son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men,
and see that ye walk not after strange gods, of the gods of the nations which are about you -
Woe unto you that dwell upon the sea coast, ye murderous people: the word of the LORD shall come upon you. O Canaan, thou land of the Philistines, I will destroy thee so that there shall no man dwell in thee any more.
Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speak in the trouble of my spirit; in that bitterness of my mind will I talk.
and the land is defiled, and I will visit the wickedness thereof upon it. And the land shall spew out her inhabiters.
And as he returned home again, sitting in his chariot, he read Isaiah the prophet.
And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel."
And the spirit came upon Amasai a captain over thirty and he said, "Thine are we, David, and on thy side thou son of Jesse: peace be with thee, and peace be with thine helpers, for thy God helpeth thee." Then David received them and made them heads of companies of the men of war.
And yet the wicked, if he turn from all his sins which he did, and keep all mine ordinances, and do justly and righteously; he shall live and not die.
For the day of the LORD of Hosts shall go over all pride and presumption, upon all them that exalt themselves, and shall bring them all down:
They make sacrifices upon the high mountains, and burn their incense upon the hills, yea among the oaks, groves and bushes, for there are good shadows. Therefore your daughters are become harlots, and your spouses have broken their wedlock.
And when they were gone apart, they talked between themselves saying, "This man doth nothing worthy of death, nor of bonds."
And so they caused it be declared and proclaimed in all their cities, and at Jerusalem, saying, "Go up unto the mount and fetch Olive branches, and Pine branches, Myrtle branches, Palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written."
"Wherefore I am constrained, sayeth the LORD, to make my complaint upon you, and upon your children.
When I think, 'My bed shall comfort me; I shall have some refreshing by talking to myself upon my couch,'
He shall set his face with all his power to obtain his kingdom, and to be like it. Yea, that shall he do, and give him unto the daughters among women, to destroy him. But he shall fail, neither shall he obtain his purpose.
Yea, and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars and whatsoever is contained in heaven, shouldest be deceived and shouldest bow thyself unto them and serve the things which the LORD thy God hath distributed unto all nations that are under all quarters of heaven.
The thing that hath been, is now; and the thing that is for to come, hath been afore time: for God restoreth again the thing that was past.
And other shall hear and fear and shall henceforth commit no more any such wickedness among you.
For the herdsmen have done foolishly, that they have not sought the LORD. Therefore have they dealt unwisely with their cattle, and all are scattered abroad.
And thereto they smote the tents of cattle and carried away plenty of sheep and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein. And went from thence and built Penuel.
he winketh with his eyes, he tokeneth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers,
And when the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. And as soon as the mourning was ended, David sent and fetched her to his house,
When the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people of John, "What went ye out for to see into the wilderness? Went ye to see a reed shaken with the wind?
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Philip came and told Andrew. And again Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
He taketh the verity from out of the mouth, and disappointeth the aged of their wisdom.
I have commanded, that all they of the people of Israel, and of the priests and Levites in my realm, which are minded of their own good will to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee;
And the foundation was of rich stones and the mighty great stones of ten cubits and of eight. And above were rich stones hewed according to the same size, and also with Cedar.
'I say unto you, that unto all them that have, it shall be given: and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken from him.
For if the word which was spoken by angels was steadfast - so that every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense to reward -
And Joshua the son of Nun the servant of the LORD died when he was a hundred and ten years old:
And he gave her never a word to answer. Then came to him his disciples, and besought him saying, "Send her away, for she followeth us crying."
The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud and Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar.
The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan.
For ye brethren became followers of the congregations of God which in Jewry are in Christ Jesus: for ye have suffered like things of your kinsmen, as we ourselves have suffered of the Jews,
Do the widow, the fatherless, the stranger, and poor no wrong: and let no man imagine evil against his brother in his heart."
And ye shall eat and have enough and praise the name of the LORD your God, which hath wrought wonders with you. And my people shall not be in shame forever.
And they began to mourn, and to say to him one by one, "Is it I?" And another said, "Is it I?"
O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous, for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day. Behold, in thy presence are we in our trespass: for because of it is there no standing before thee."
In the way of righteousness there is life; as for any other way, it is the path unto death.
And after them came there men out of all the tribes of Israel, which gave over their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel, and came to Jerusalem to offer unto the LORD God of their fathers.
The sons of Elpaal were: Eber, Misham, and Shemed - which built Ono, Lod, and the towns belonging thereto -
Johanan begat Azariah which ministered in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
Then his Lord called him, and said unto him, 'O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou praydest me:
The lips of the righteous feed a whole multitude; but fools shall die in their own folly.
Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: Forsomuch as ye with your wickedness far exceed the Heathen that dwell round about you - For ye have not walked in my laws, neither have ye kept mine ordinances -
Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God, 'This land shall be troubled and besieged round about, thy strength shall be plucked from thee, and thy palaces robbed.'
Woe be unto thee, O thou realm and land, whose king is but a child, and whose princes are early at their banquets.
Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him to sanctify him.
Of the children of Adonikam, that were the last whose names were there: Eliphelet, Jeuiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore men.
If so be ye have heard of him, and are taught in him, even as the truth is in Jesus:
And of Manasseh, there fell certain unto David when he went with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but helped them not. For the lords of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away saying, "He will fall to his master Saul to the Jeopardy of our heads."
After that, David beat the Philistines and subdued them, and took the bridle of bondage out of their hands.
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
the people which sat in darkness saw great light and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light has begun to shine."
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there more than once or twice.
And all his servants went by his side. And all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites, and all the Hittites, even six hundred men which were come afoot from Gath, went before the king.
And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zeredah - whose mother was called Zeruah and was a widow and Solomon's servant - lifted up his hand against the king. And hereof came it, that he lifted up his hand against the king.
A stranger they will not follow, but will fly from him. For they know not the voice of strangers."
And about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, they went out. Whither they went, I know not: but follow after them quickly, and ye shall take them."
"'Hear O Joshua thou high priest: thou and thy friends that dwell before thee, for they are wondrous people. Behold, I will bring forth the branch of my servant:
Let the people arise, and get them to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit, and judge all Heathen round about.
For Judah have I bent out as a bow for me, and Ephraim have I filled. Thy sons, O Zion, will I raise up against the Greeks, and make thee as a giant's sword:
whereunto he called you by our gospel, to obtain the glory that cometh of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Or why sayest thou to thy brother, 'Suffer me to pluck out the mote out of thine eye'; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye.
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all days of his life that he may learn to fear the LORD his God for to keep all the words of this law and these ordinances for to do them:
Muster you, and come, all ye Heathen round about. Gather you together, there shall the LORD lay all thy giants to the ground.
The LORD is known to execute judgment; the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah.
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and four score thousands of chosen men and good warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, and to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
And so they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon mighty three years long - for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
and they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart and the forcer with the mice of gold and the images of their arses with hemorrhoids.
and to offer, as it is said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons."
The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
Then went he himself to Ramah, and when he came to a great well that is in Secu, he asked and said, "Where are Samuel and David?" And they said, "See, they be at Naioth in Ramah."
And there fell a great hail, as it had been talents, out of heaven upon the men; and the men blasphemed God, because of the plague of the hail, for it was great and the plague of it sore.
And anon many gathered together, insomuch that now there was no room to receive them: no, not so much as about the door. And he preached the word unto them.
Now know we that thou understandest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee any question. Therefore believe we that thou camest from God."
Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Behold, I will stir up evil against thee even of thine own house and will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, which shall sleep with them in the sight of the sun.
Then was the king sore afraid in so much, that his color changed, and his lords were sore vexed.
And he began to reign the seventh year of Jehu, and reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
"Tush, hold your tongue," say they. "It shall not fall on this people, we shall not come so to confusion,"
After this shall he set his face unto the Isles, and take many of them. A prince shall stop him, to do him a shame, beside the confusion that else shall come unto him.
Alas, how am I hurt? Alas, how painful are my scourges unto me? For I consider this sorrow by myself, and I must suffer it.
And the LORD hath made good his saying that he hath spoken. For I arose in the room of David my father, and sat on the seat of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
And all that goeth upon his hands among all manner beasts that go on all fours, are unclean unto you: and as many as touch their carcasses, shall be unclean until the evening.
And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb took it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Even so hast thou them that maintain the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
See that none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or an evil doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
And Samuel told him every whit and hid it not from him. And he answered, "It is the LORD, let him do what seemeth him best."
And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son. And Tahpenes weaned him in Pharaoh's house. And he was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh.
Shammah the Harodite; Elika the Harodite;
"Learn a similitude of the fig tree. When his branches are yet tender, and hath brought forth leaves, ye know that summer is near.
Then went Laban into Jacob's tent, and into Lea's tent, and into two maidens' tents: but found them not. Then went he out of Lea's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
and Jesus which is called Justus, which are of the circumcision. These only are my workfellows unto the kingdom of God, which were unto my consolation.
They are Hebrews, so am I. They are Israelites, even so am I. They are the seed of Abraham, even so am I.
The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, and made them to cast out their young children, that they should not remain alive.
But their minds were blinded. For until this day remaineth the same covering, untaken away, in the old testament when they read it - which in Christ is put away:
Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it?" They answered and said, "Caesar's."
when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to Israel.
And the golden mice were according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines through the five lordships: both of walled towns and of towns unwalled, even unto the great stone whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Bethshemite.
and dip his right finger in the oil that is in the palm of his left hand, and let him sprinkle it with his finger seven times before the LORD.
"Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I put the hands, he may receive the holy ghost."
Though thou hidest these things in thine heart, yet am I sure that thou rememberest them all.
and thought it too little to lay hands only on Mordecai: for they had showed him the nation of Mordecai. Wherefore, he sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole empire of Ahasuerus and were of the nation of Mordecai.
And the children of the Prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha and said unto him, "Art thou not aware that the LORD will take away thy master from thee this day?" And he answered, "I know it also; hold your peace."
And the sixth angel blew, and I heard a voice from the four corners of the golden altar, which is before God,
Lay to your scythes, for the harvest is ripe. Come, get you down: the winepress is full, yea the winepresses run over, for their wickedness is waxen great.
At the same time was the king certified of the number of those that were slain at the castle of Susa.
And now, O thou daughter Zion, be sorry: let it grieve thee as a wife labouring with child. For now must thou get thee out of the city, and dwell upon the plain field: Yea, unto Babylon shalt thou go, there shalt thou be delivered, and there the LORD shall loose thee from the hand of thine enemies.
And the barns shall be full of corn, and the wine presses flow with wine and oil.
All witchcrafts will I root out of thine hand, there shall no more soothsayings be within thee.
Now when I preached, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, "O LORD God, wilt thou then utterly destroy all the remnant in Israel?"
And it shall bring down the pride of man, and lay man's presumptuousness full low, and the LORD shall only have the victory in that day.
And Jehu rode and went to Jezreel: for Jehoram lay there, and Ahaziah king of Judah was come to Jehoram.
every man's work shall appear. For the day shall declare it, and it shall be showed in fire, and the fire shall try every man's work what it is.
He troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause.
And so the Philistines were brought under, that they came no more into the coasts of Israel: for the hand of the LORD was upon the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine and of thy oil, either the firstborn of thine oxen or of thy sheep, neither any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings or heave offerings of thine hands:
I wrote not unto you, as though ye knew not the truth: but as unto them them that know it, and know also how that no lie cometh of truth.
and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what manner of cities they dwell in, whether they dwell in tents or walled towns;
Seeing thou hast spoiled many Heathen, therefore shall the remnant of the people spoil thee: because of men's blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the city and unto all them that dwell therein.
This is the word of the LORD, that came to Micah the Morasthite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah: which was showed him upon Samaria and Jerusalem.
sayeth the LORD: they gather together evil gotten goods, and lay up robbery in their houses.'
"'Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, that was as high as the Cedar trees, and as strong as the oaks: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruit from above and his root from under.
And then he built chambers over all the temple of five cubits height, and coupled the house together with beams of Cedar.
Then said Boaz unto the elders and unto all the people, "Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
if I have found grace in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to give me my petition, and to fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and so will I do tomorrow as the king hath said."
And when all the kings of the Amorites which dwelt beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Cananites which lie on the sea, heard how the LORD had dried up the water of Jordan before the children of Israel, until they were over, their hearts fainted in them. And there was no spirit in them any more, for fear of the coming of the children of Israel.
And the four angels were loosed which were prepared for a hour, for a day, for a month, and for a year, for to slay the third part of men.
He shall be delivered unto the gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shall be despitefully entreated, and shall be spitted on:
And the company of the lords of Gilead said each to other, "Whosoever will begin the battle against the children of Ammon, the same shall be head over all the inhabiters of Gilead."
But now they have plowed them wickedness, therefore shall they reap sin, and eat the fruit of lies. Seeing thou puttest thy confidence in thine own ways, and leanest to the multitude of thy worthies:
And he brought Aaron's sons and put albs upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon their heads: as the LORD commanded Moses.
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a people that are so many that they can not be told nor numbered for multitude.
When I have performed this, and have brought them this fruit sealed, I will come back again by you into Spain.
And the Lord entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple. And when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
By the hand of thy messengers thou hast railed on the Lord and said, 'With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, even along by the sides of Lebanon, and have cut off the high Cedar trees, and the lusty fir trees thereof, even to the wood of Carmel that belongeth thereto!
And some fell on good ground, and sprang up and bare fruit, a hundred fold." And as he said these things, he cried, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."
And when it was told king David how that the LORD had blessed the house of Obededom and all that pertained unto him, because of the Ark of God, he went and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obededom unto the city of David with gladness.
He leaneth him upon his house, but he shall not stand; he holdeth him fast by it, yet shall he not endure.
Therefore set now thy face against that besieged Jerusalem, and discover thine arm, that thou mayest prophesy against it.
And he said, "I will give him her that she may be a snare to him, to bring the hand of the Philistines upon him." And Saul said to David, "Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law again."
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, and said, "See, we be thy bones and thy flesh.
But our fathers were proud, and hard necked, so that they followed not thy commandments,
His diligence was to find out acceptable words, right scripture, and the words of truth.
And the LORD went and called Samuel the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "I am here, for thou hast called me." Then Eli perceived that the LORD had called the lad.
Thou shalt lie with no manner of beast to defile thyself therewith, neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto, for that is abomination.
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land, all that day and all night. And in the morning the east wind brought the grasshoppers,
'Some of you have I overthrown as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah: so that ye were as a brand plucked out of the fire. Yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD.
to make your hearts that they might be stable and unblamable in holiness before God our father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints.
Know the brother Timothy, whom we have sent from us, with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
but while they be going here and there, I shall spread my net over them, and draw them down as the fowls of the air. And according as they have been warned, so will I punish them.
And when the spirit of God came upon Saul, David took a harp and played with his hand, and so Saul was refreshed, and did amend; and the evil spirit departed from him.
Get us the foxes, yea the little foxes that hurt the vines, for our vines bear blossoms.
From henceforth, let no man put me to business. For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
And when the child was grown, she brought it unto Pharaoh's daughter, and it was made her son, and she called it Moses, "Because," said she, "I took him out of the water."
Then sent I to Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, the rulers, and Joiarib and Elnathan, which were men of understanding.
And thou gavest them thy good spirit to inform them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water when they were thirsty.
how he went into the house of God, and took and ate the loaves of hallowed bread, and gave also to them which were with him: which was not lawful to eat, but for the priests only."
for lo, the stone that I have laid before Joshua: upon one stone shall be seven eyes. Behold, I will hew him out, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, and take away the sin of that land in one day.
Then Jesus answered, and said unto her, "O woman great is thy faith, be it to thee, even as thou desirest." And her daughter was made whole even at that same hour.
yea even they that swear in the offense of Samaria, and say, 'As truly as thy God liveth at Dan, and as truly as thy God liveth at Beersheba' These shall fall, and never rise up again."
And many shall stumble, fall, and be broken upon him: yea they shall be snared and taken."
and the other Jews dissembled likewise; Insomuch that Barnabas was brought into their simulation also.
And in the city there was found a poor man - but he was wise - which with his wisdom delivered the city: yet was there no body, that had any respect for such a simple man.
And Jeroboam thought in his heart, "Now might the kingdom return to the house of David again.
And Haman said unto the king, "Let the man unto whom the king would be glad to do worship, be brought hither,
And the house was finished the third day of the month Adar, even in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.
which as they killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, even so have they persecuted us, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men:
Then said Boaz unto the young man that had the oversight of the harvest men, "Whose damsel is this?"
And he said, "Oh, see, I have begun to speak unto my LORD, what if there be twenty found there?" And he said, "I will not destroy them for twenty's sake."
When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist sent us unto thee saying, "Art thou he that shall come: or shall we wait for another?"
For look, as ye in time past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
He that thinketh scorn to be reformed, cometh to poverty and shame; but whoso receiveth correction, shall come to honour.
For they were all minded to make us afraid and thought, "They shall withdraw their hands from the work, that they shall not labour." Howbeit I strengthened my hand the more.
Nevertheless, they gave money unto the masons and the carpenters, and meat and drink and oil unto them of Sidon and of Tyre, to bring Cedar timber from Lebanon by sea unto Joppa, according to the commandment of Cyrus the king of Persia.
And he stretched himself upon the lad three times, and called unto the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, let the lad's soul come into him again."
Your slain men shall lie among you, that ye may learn to know, how that I am the LORD.
My son, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but keep my law and my counsel:
Then thought I in my mind, "God shall separate the righteous from the ungodly, and then shall be the time and judgment of all counsels and works."
A window shalt thou make above in the ark. And within a cubit compass shalt thou finish it. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side of it: and thou shalt make it with three lofts - one above another.
And all the men of war that were with him, went up and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai, a valley being between them and Ai,
Them that are such, we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness, and eat their own bread.
Then Tattenai the captain beyond the water, and Shetharbozenai, with their counselors to whom king Darius the king had sent did their diligence.
And there came out of the host of the Philistines three companies, to destroy: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah unto the land of Shual;
Wherefore now will I go take my corn and wine again in their season, and fet again my wool and my flax, which I gave her to cover her shame.
Neither did Asher cast out the inhabiters of Acco, neither the inhabiters of Sidon, of Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, nor of Rehob,
When the centurion heard that, he went to the upper-captain, and told him saying, "What intendest thou to do? This man is a citizen of Rome."
He shall eat butter and honey, that he may have understanding to refuse the evil and to choose the good.
which was very high, great and mighty. The height reached unto the heaven, and the breadth extended to all the ends of the earth:
whereof I am a messenger in bonds, that therein I may speak freely, as it becometh me to speak.
Nevertheless, they heal the hurt of my people with sweet words, saying, 'Peace, peace,' where there is no peace at all.
And Gideon went and made ready a kid, and sweet cakes of an Ephah of flour, and put the flesh in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak and presented it.
not with service in the eyesight, as men-pleasers: but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart
Therefore chasten thou us, O LORD; but with favour, and not in thy wrath. Bring us not utterly to naught.
And there stood twelve lions on the steps, six on a side. There was none like seen in any kingdom.
And from thenceforth Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the porch;
But though an evil person offend a hundredth times, and have a long life: yet am I sure, that it shall go well with them that fear God, because they have him before their eyes.
And he that beareth the carcass of them, shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the even, for such are unclean unto you.
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had wiped him out, according to the saying of the LORD which he spake to Elijah.
And as Joab fought against Rabbah, the city of the children of Ammon, he took the king's Tower,
and Samuel answered Saul, and said, "I am the Seer. Go up before me unto the hill, for ye shall eat with me today. And tomorrow I will let thee go early, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
And Moses sought for the goat that was the sin offering, and see, it was burnt. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron, which were left alive, saying,
And the wavebreast and heaveshoulder eat in a clean place: both thou and thy sons and thy daughters with thee. For it is thy duty, and thy sons' duty with thee, of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.
And believest that thou thyself art a guide unto the blind, a light to them which are in darkness,
And say unto the people, 'Hallow your selves against tomorrow, that ye may eat flesh, for ye have whined in the ears of the LORD saying: Who shall give us flesh to eat? For we were happy when we were in Egypt! Therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
Such words spake his father, and mother, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had conspired already that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be excommunicated out of the Synagogue.
And the servant said, 'Lord it is done as thou commandedst, and yet there is room.'
For whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness: that same shall be heard in light. And that which ye have spoken in the ear, even in secret places, shall be preached even on the top of the houses.
and though she run after her lovers, yet shall she not get them: she shall seek them, but not find them. Then shall she say, 'Well, I will go turn again to my first husband, for at that time was I better at ease, than now.'
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
Woe be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Woe be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wail, and weep.
"O get you forth! O flee from the land of the north, sayeth the LORD; ye whom I have scattered into the four winds under heaven, sayeth the LORD.
And when the servant of the men of God rose up early, and was gone out: Behold, there was an Host round about the town with horses and chariots. Then said his lad to him, "Alas master, what shall we do?"
Whoso hordeth up his corn, shall be cursed among the people; but blessing shall light upon his head that selleth it.
There kneeleth the man, there falleth the man down before them; but thou, O LORD, wilt not leave them unpunished.
I communed with mine own heart also concerning the children of men: how God hath chosen them, and yet letteth them appear as though they were beasts.
and yet for all that they would not hearken unto their judges: But went a whoring after strange gods and bowed themselves unto them, and turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in obeying the commandments of the LORD, and did not so.
Shall not my short life come so soon to an end? O hold thee from me, let me alone, that I may ease myself a little
And Judah said, "The strength of the bearers is too feeble, and there is too much dust, we are not able to build on the wall."
And heaven vanished away, as a scroll when it is rolled together. And all mountains and isles were moved out of their places.
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed of them. And many taken with palsies, and many that halted, were healed.
And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, they sent and called him unto the congregation and made him king over Israel: and no man followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
But beware that your hearts deceive you not, that ye turn aside and serve strange gods and worship them,
And Ahio, Shasak, Jeremoth,
But be converted, or else I will come unto thee shortly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
And the messengers went and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him with,
And the same day that the habitation was reared up, a cloud covered it on high upon the tabernacle of witness: and at even there was upon the habitation, as it were the similitude of fire until the morning.
And the number of horsemen of war, were twenty times ten thousand. And I heard the number of them.
And the sin offering was brought. And Aaron and his sons put their hands upon the head of the ox of the sin offering.
and a basket of sweet bread of fine flour mingled with oil and wafers of sweet bread anointed with oil with meat offerings and drink offerings that long thereto.
This similitude spake Jesus unto them. But they understood not, what things they were, which he spake unto them.
For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was showed.
Wherefore hast thou brought me out of my mother's womb? O that I had perished, and that no eye had seen me.
"Who can tell whether God will turn and repent, and cease from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?"
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another nation, and thine eyes shall see and daze upon them all day long, but shalt have no might in thine hand.
And this rumor of him went forth throughout all Jewry, and throughout all the regions which lie round about.
And said unto him, "Go and lie down: and if he call thee again then say, 'Speak on LORD, for thy servant heareth.'" And Samuel went and laid him down in his place.
For the priest's lips should be sure knowledge, that men may seek the law at his mouth, for he is a messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
Afore time we yielded ourselves to the Egyptians, and now to the Assyrians, only that we might have bread enough.
And he tarried yet seven other days, and sent forth the dove, which from thenceforth came no more again to him.
There shall come men also from the cities of Judah; from about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin; from the plain fields; from the mountains and from the wilderness; which shall bring burnt offerings, sacrifices, oblations, and incense, and offer up thanksgiving in the house of the LORD.
And the king said, "What matter is between you and me ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? There shall no man die this day in Israel: for I know that I am this day king over Israel."
And Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, "Wherefore liest thou with my father's concubine?"
The righteous is liberal unto his neighbour, but the way of the ungodly will deceive themselves.
For the same cause also, rejoice ye, and rejoice ye with me.
which casteth down the high looks of presumptuous persons, and bringeth low the pride of man, and the LORD only shall be exalted in that day.
Behold, I will lay chains upon thee, that thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
And so the children of Israel walked in all the sin of Jeroboam which he had set up, and departed not therefrom,
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often, eat not; observing the traditions of the elders.
Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hands of their oppressors,
a neck band of gold will we make thee with silver buttons.
Woe unto us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of this mighty God? This is the God that smote the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.
And the children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into the hands of Judah.
Then Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people." And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
Saul's father's brother said unto him and his lad, "Whither went ye?" And he answered, "To seek the asses; and when we saw that they were nowhere, we went to Samuel."
And the children of Israel pitched their tents in Gilgal, and held the feast of Passover the fourteenth day of the month, at even, in the fields of Jericho.
These shall come upon thee with horses, chariots, and a great multitude of people: which shall be harnessed about thee on every side, with breastplates, shields and helmets. I will punish thee before them; yea, they themselves shall punish thee according to their own judgment.
As for the winter house and summer house, I will smite them down: and the houses of Ivory, yea and many other houses shall perish, and be destroyed,' sayeth the LORD."
And now is his inward affection more abundant toward you, when he remembereth the obedience of every one of you: how with fear and trembling ye received him.
Whatsoever is sold in the market, that eat, and ask no questions for conscience sake.
Yea, I will send thee unto a people that have rough visages and stiff stomachs: unto whom thou shalt say on this manner, 'This the LORD God himself hath spoken,'
If one of them fall, his companion helpeth him up again: But woe is him that is alone, for if he fall, he hath not another to help him up.
In all vineyards there shall be heaviness, for I will come among you,' sayeth the LORD.
and kept away part of the price, his wife also being of counsel: and brought a certain part, and laid it down at the apostles' feet.
And the LORD said unto me, "The prophets preach lies unto them in my name. I have not spoken with them, neither gave I them any charge, neither did I send them. Yet they preach unto you false visions, charming vanity, and deceitfulness of their own heart.
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and in wantonness. Ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Wherefore our elders and all the inhabiters of our country spake to us saying, 'Take victuals with you to serve by the way, and go against them, and say unto them: We are your servants.' Now therefore make a covenant of peace with us.
Thus began I to be weary of my life, in so much that I could away with nothing that is done under the Sun, for all was but vanity and vexation of mind:
And beware that thou say not in thine heart, 'My power and the might of mine own hand hath done me all these acts.'
And in the time of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua, were the chief fathers among the Levites and the priests written under the reign of Darius the Persian.
These are the priests and Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
And Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, which was the principal to begin the thanksgiving unto prayer. And Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
And I gathered them together by the water that runneth toward Ahava, and there abode we three days. And when I looked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites there.
and Beriah and Shema - ancient heads among the inhabiters of Aijalon, and they drave out away the inhabiters of Gath -
But thou which teachest another, teachest not thyself. Thou preachest, a man should not steal: and yet thou stealest.
Which Rezon gathered men unto him and became captain over the company, when David slew them. And they went to Damascus and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
And now let your hands stir them and play ye the men, though your master Saul be dead. And finally, understand that the house of Judah have anointed me king over them."
For Pharaoh went in on horseback with his chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought the waters of the sea upon them. And the children of Israel went on dry land through the midst of the sea.
And all the people returned to the host, to Joshua at Makkedah in peace, so that no man durst move his tongue against the children of Israel.
And the scribes, and the Pharisees, began to think saying, "What fellow is this: which speaketh blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, but God only?"
even the standard of the host of Judah removed first with their armies, whose captain was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
They ate, they drank, they married wives and were married even unto the same day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
There shall a way be sought to destroy their children, for their fathers' wickedness: They shall not rise up again to possess the land, and fill the world full of castles and towns.
Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, "Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner."
"Oftentimes, a thing doth flourish, and men think that it may abide the sunshine. It shooteth forth the branches in its garden,
Be obedient, give ear, take no disdain at it, for it is the LORD himself that speaketh!
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to make a certain distribution upon the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
Therefore as the congregation is in subjection to Christ, likewise let the wives be in subjection to their husbands in all things.
which thing they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
And Jeshua stood with his sons and his brethren, and Kadmiel with his sons and the children of Judah, to further the workmen of the house of God; namely, the children of Henadad with their children and their brethren the Levites.
There will I tarry for thee, my love, with mine host and with my chariots, which shall be no fewer than Pharaoh's.
And so they went and called to the porter of the city and told them saying, "We came to the pavilions of the Syrians: and see, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses and asses tied, and the tents even as they were."
And when they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was in the city with a mighty great plague, and he smote the men of the city both small and great: and they were smitten in their secret places with the hemorrhoids.
He that offered his offering the first day, was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.
Nathanael said unto him, "From where knowest thou me?" Jesus answered, and said unto him, "Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee."
And thine house and thy kingdom shall endure without end after thee, and thy seat shall be established forever.'"
Grace be with you all. Amen. {Here ends the Epistle unto the Hebrews, Sent from Italy by Timothy}
And the shepherds returned, praising and lauding God for all that they had heard and seen, even as it was told unto them.
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand quarters of wheat to feed his household withal, and twenty butts of pure oil. And so much gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
Nevertheless, they would not take heed, but turned their backs and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
The children of Pahathmoab among the children of Jeshua Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;
And he put the people, even all the host, on the north side of the city, and the lyers-await on the west. And Joshua went the same night into the midst of the valley.
So do God to Abner, and so thereto: except that as the LORD hath sworn to David, I so do to him,
I know thy works and thy love, service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy deeds, which are more at the last than at the first.
a false witness that bringeth up lies, and such one as soweth discord among brethren.
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, "Lord if thou hadst been here, my brother had not been dead."
When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD answered him, "See, this is the man whom I spake to thee of. This same shall reign over my people."
Destroy not the work of God for a little meat's sake. All things are pure: but it is evil for that man, which eateth with hurt of his conscience.
For if I take my part with thanks: why am I evil spoken of for that thing wherefore I give thanks?
Be astonished, O ye heavens, be afraid, and abashed at such a thing, sayeth the LORD.
My love is mine, and I am his, which feedeth among the lilies,
and gave among all the folk - even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men - every one a cake of bread and a piece of flesh and a flacket of wine. And so the people departed every man to his house.
Then shall thy cheeks and thy neck be made fair, and hanged with spangles and goodly jewels:
And when the LORD raised up judges unto them, the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hands of their enemies all the days of the judge: for the LORD had compassion over their sorrowings which they had by the reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
And the king said unto queen Esther, "The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men at the castle of Susa, and the ten sons of Haman: What shall they do in the other lands of the king? What is thy petition, that it may be given thee? And what requirest thou more to be done?"
And among the children of the priests there were men found that had taken strange wives, namely among the children of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and of his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his garden: and it grew, and waxed a great tree, and the fowls of the air made nests in the branches of it."
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, in the outward business of the house of God.
The Centurion answered and said, "Sir, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him that he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
the son of Dekar in Makaz, in Salem, in Bethshemesh, in Elon and in Bethhanan;
Shall my heaviness endure forever? Are my plagues then so great, that they may never be healed? Wilt thou be as a water that faileth, and cannot continue?"
And Sisera called for all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and for all the people that he had, from Harosheth of the gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
And Abner the son of Ner and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul went out of Mahanaim, to Gibeon.
And let him offer the second for a burnt offering as the manner is: and so shall the priest make an atonement for him for the sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Behold here am I and the children which God hath given me."
And he answered him, "Oh Lord, wherewith should I save Israel? Behold my kindred is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."
It is happened unto them according to the true proverb, "The dog is turned to his vomit again, and the sow that was washed, is returned to her wallowing in the mire."
But the soothsaying shall point to the right side upon Jerusalem, that he may set men of war, to smite it with a great noise, to cry out Alarum, to set battle rams against the gates, to grave up ditches, and to make bulwarks.
and seven priests bare seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD, and as they went, blew with the horns. And the men of arms went before them, and the common people came after the ark of the LORD: and as they went, they blew with the horns.
Should I not correct this, sayeth the LORD? Should I not be avenged of every people, that is like unto this?
As soon as the people were put forth adoors, he went in and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
When the king sitteth at the table, he shall smell my Nardus:
The whole land also with the fields and all that is therein, is in subjection and bondage unto the king.
Then said all the people unto Samuel, "Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have sinned in asking us a king, beside all the sins that ever we did."
If I will justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; if I will put forth my self for a perfect man, he shall prove me a wicked doer.
And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold until the next day. For it was now eventide.
These were in the time of Joiakim the son of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and in the time of Nehemiah the captain and of the priest Ezra the scribe.
The LORD is King for ever and ever, and the Heathen are perished out of the land.
an informer of them which lack discretion, a teacher of the unlearned, which hast the example of that which ought to be known, and of the truth in the law.
The fig tree hath brought forth her figs, and the vine blossoms give a savour.
He changeth the heart of the princes and kings of the earth, and disapointeth them; so that they go wandering out of the way,
But while men slept, there came his foe, and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
to offer day by day according to the commandment of Moses, and in the Sabbaths and new moons, and the three solemn feasts of the year: the feast of sweetbread, the feast of weeks and the feast of booths.
And she said unto her husband, "See, I perceive that the man of God is perfect, and cometh always by us.
And look which damsel pleaseth the king, let her be queen in Vashti's stead." This pleased the king, and he did so.
The overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem, was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. Of the children of Asaph, there were singers about the business in the house of God:
And this is the intent of the words that they sent unto him: "Unto Darius the king, all peace.
After that, Jehu gathered all the people together and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little: but Jehu shall serve him a good.
so that Rehoboam reigned over no more of the children of Israel than dwelt in the cities of Judah.
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet. And they slew Athaliah with the sword in the house of the king.
And they answered him, "Hold thy peace, and put thine hand upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be unto us a father and a priest. Whether is it better for thee to be a priest? Unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe or a kindred in Israel?"
But the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his folk into the hands of Israel. And so Israel smote them and conquered all the land of the Amorites, the inhabiters of the said country.
And the swine herders fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came out for to see, what had happened;
So their next kinfolks and the dead buriers shall take them, and carry away their bones, and say unto him that is in the innermore house, 'Is there yet any more by thee?' And he shall answer, 'They are all gone. Hold thy tongue,' shall he say. For they would not remember the name of the LORD.
I will therefore that the younger women marry and bear children, and guide the house, and give none occasion to the adversary to speak evil.
Notwithstanding, the land must be wasted, because of them that dwell therein, and for the fruits of their own Imaginations.
This is the vision that was showed unto Obadiah. Thus hath the LORD God spoken upon Edom: We have heard of the LORD that there is an ambassador sent among the Heathen: "Up, let us arise, and fight against them!"
But the people are many, and it is a rainy weather; and the people are too faint to tarry without in the street - neither is this a work of one day or two, for we are many that have offended in this transgression.
Wish the king no evil in thy thought, and speak no hurt of the rich in thy privy chamber; for a bird of the air shall betray thy voice, and with her feathers shall she betray thy words.
but called his lad that waited upon him, and said, "Put her out at the doors from me and bolt the door after her."
If I had called upon him, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had heard my voice!
And Ittai answered the king and said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, and as surely as my lord the king liveth: in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there will thy servant be."
And eastward he inhabited until the wilderness, even upon the river Euphrates, for their cattle was much in the land of Gilead.
and made him king over Gilead and over the Asherites, and over Jezreel; and over Ephraim and Benjamin and over all Israel.
And I turned away and came down from the hill - and the hill burnt with fire - and had the two tables of the covenant in my hands.
Go therefore and gather the elders of Israel together and say unto them, 'the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, appeared unto me and said: I have been and seen both you and that which is done to you in Egypt.
As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before thee, even so ye shall perish, because ye would not hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God.
and lived after he had begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
Therefore feed thy people with thy rod; the flock of thine heritage which dwell desolate in the wood: that they may be fed upon the mount of Carmel, Bashan and Gilead as afore time.
there shall grow a sedition among thy people. All thy strong cities shall be laid waste, even as Shalman was destroyed with his familiars, through him that was avenged of Arbel in the day of battle: where the mother perished with her children.
And the great city was divided into the three parts; And the cities of nations fell. And great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Yea, and I went up by revelation, and commended with them of the gospel, which I preach among the gentiles - but between ourselves with them which were counted chief, lest it should have been thought that I should run, or had run in vain.
And the posts went in all the haste according to the king's commandment. And in the castle of Susa was the commandment devised. And the king and Haman sat and drank. But the city Susa was disquieted.
For oft times they perish with his great misery and trouble: and if he have a child it getteth nothing.
And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts;
And Solomon put the sorts of priests in companies as David his father had ordered them, unto the offices, and the Levites unto their wait, for to praise and minister before the priests day by day, and the porters by course at every gate. For so had David the man of God commanded.
Of the children of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him eight and twenty men.
And when ye come to the land and have planted all manner of trees whereof men eat, ye shall hold them uncircumcised as concerning their fruit: even three year shall they be uncircumcised unto you and shall not be eaten of,
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi concerning their ancient fathers.
Also no man seweth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for then taketh he away the new piece from the old, and so is the rent worse.
Then said Pharaoh unto him, "What lackest thou here with me, that thou wouldest go to thine own country?" And he said, "Nothing: howbeit, let me go."
they lie beside every altar upon clothes taken to pledge, and in the house of their gods they drink the wine of the oppressed.
Zebah and Zalmunna fled. But he followed after them, and took the two kings of the Midianites, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
But well is thee, O thou realm and land, whose king is come of nobles, and whose princes eat in due season, for strength and not for lust.
Whoso hath a froward heart, obtaineth no good; and he that hath an overthwart tongue, shall fall into mischief.
The Heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the same net which they hid privily, is their own foot taken.
I received all, and have plenty. I was even filled after that I have received of Epaphroditus, that which came from you, an odor that smelleth sweet, a sacrifice accepted and pleasant to God.
For thus sayeth the LORD, 'Ye shall see neither wind nor rain, and yet this brook shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, and your beasts and your cattle also.'
And the eighth day he shall bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of witness.
And when thou hearest a sound go in the tops of the pear trees, then go out to battle: for God will go out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines."
Let two oxen be given us, and let them choose the one and cut him in pieces and lay him on wood, and put no fire under. And I will dress the other and put him on wood, and will put no fire under.
the ceilings of our house are of Cedar tree, and our balks of Cypress.
And this is yet but a small thing in the sight of the LORD: But he will give the Moabites into your hands also.
theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, and a wicked eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Among the children of Immer: Hanani, and Zebadiah.
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, "Get thee in unto thy father's concubines which he hath left to keep the house. For when all Israel shall hear that thou hast made thy father to stink, then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong."
Also they repented not of their murder, and of their sorcery, neither of their fornication, neither of their theft.
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, "Why askest thou after my name, when it is wonderful?"
And Moses said unto them, "See that no man let ought remain of it till the morning."
And Jesus said unto them, "Can the children of a wedding fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
They must have more work laid upon them, that they may labour therein, and then will they not turn themselves to false words."
Yea, and he which was of the bondwoman, was born after the flesh: but he which was of the freewoman, was born by promise.
And ask not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither climb ye up on high:
For why? There is a man in thy kingdom, that hath the spirit of the holy gods within him, as it was seen in thy father's days. He hath understanding and wisdom like the gods; Yea, the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father made this man chief of the soothsayers, charmers, Chaldeans and devil conjurers:
And the scripture was fulfilled, which sayeth, "And he was counted among the wicked."
And when they came unto the place, which is called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of dead men's skulls,
For at the same time shall the LORD whistle for the flies that are about the water of Egypt, and for the bees in the Assyrian land.
for the getting of it is better than any merchandise of silver, and the profit of it is better than gold.
Mine eye shall not oversee thee, neither will I spare thee; but reward thee after thy ways, and show thy abominations, to learn you for to know how that I am the LORD that smiteth.
For behold, I will bring in a flood of water upon the earth to destroy all flesh from under heaven, wherein breath of life is, so that all that is in the earth shall perish.
For it had been better for them, not to have known the way of righteousness, then after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment given unto them.
for a bundle of Myrrh is my love unto me; he will lie betwixt my breasts.
For the words of the wise are like pricks and nails that go through, wherewith men are kept together: for they are given of one shepherd only.
And so I applied my mind to learn wisdom, and to know the travail that is in the world; and that of such a fashion that I suffered not my eyes to sleep neither day nor night.
And the men did even so: they took two kine that gave milk and tied them in the cart, and kept the calves at home,
And this house that is so high, shall be a wonder to all that passeth thereby that they shall say, 'Why hath the LORD dealt on this fashion with this land and with this house?'
Then said Joab to Cushi, "Go and tell the king what thou hast seen." And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab and ran.
And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, "Ye have long gone about that David should be king over you.
And they went up and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men go to Hamath,
"Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be upon the hearth of the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall burn therein.
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about, seven days.
The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when thou comest bring with thee, and the books, but specially the parchment.
Then he came unto the men of Succoth and said, "Behold, Zebah and Zalmunna, with which ye cast me in the teeth saying, 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy fainty men?'"
Peace be with the brethren, and love with faith from God the father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
In the resurrection, then, when they shall rise again: whose wife shall she be of them? For seven had her to wife."
Wherefore God said unto him, "Because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked long life, neither hast asked riches, nor the lives of thine enemies, but hast asked the discretion to understand equity:
I, Paul, have written it with mine own hand. I will recompense it. So that I do not say to thee how that thou owest unto me even thine own self.
Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, "Yea, heap up your burnt offerings with your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.
And now join thyself to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able to set riders upon them:
If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready.
And after all this that is come upon us, because of our evil deeds and great trespass, thou our God hast spared our wickednesses, and hast given us a deliverance as it is come to pass this day.
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: As truly as I live, I will bring mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, upon his own head.
Moreover, Egypt shall be brought unto the LORD, and the Egyptians also shall know the LORD at the same time: they shall do him reverence with peace offerings, and with meat offerings: they shall promise him offerings, yea, and pay him also.
Finally, if I do that I would not, then is it not I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me doeth it.
that thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his ordinances and his commandments which I command thee; both thou and thy son and thy son's son all days of thy life, that thy days may be prolonged.
And the abstainer shall shave his head in the door of the tabernacle of witness and shall take the hair of his sober head and put it in the fire which is under the peace offering.
But the merchant hath a false weight in his hand, he hath a pleasure to occupy extortion.
But and if I say thus unto the young fellow, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond thee' - then go: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
but even a month long, and until it come out at the nostrils of you, that ye be ready to parbreak: because that ye have cast the LORD aside which is among you, and have wept before him saying: Why came we out of Egypt?"
And ye shall bear witness also, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
And when ye be come into the land which the LORD will give you according as he hath promised, see that ye keep this service.
and therefore go preach these words toward the north, and say, 'Thou shrinking Israel, turn again, sayeth the LORD; and I will not turn my face from you, for I am merciful, sayeth the LORD. And I will not always bear displeasure against thee:
And Joshua returned and all Israel with him, unto the host to Gilgal:
And all the meat offerings that are baken in the oven, and all that is dressed upon the gridiron and in the frying pan, shall be the priests' that offereth them.
when they shoot forth their buds, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is then nigh at hand.
Whether of these twain did the will of the father?" And they said unto him, "The first." Jesus said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots shall come into the kingdom of God before you.
And the frogs shall depart from thee and from thine houses, and from thy servants and from thy people, and shall remain in the river only."
There stood also before the images: Seventy lords of the counsel of the house of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. And every one of them had a censor in his hand, and out of the incense there went a smoke, as it had been a cloud.
He that hath ordained us for this thing, is God: which very same hath given unto us the earnest of the spirit.
And these are they that are sown among the thorns; which are such as hear the word of God,
The poor maketh supplication and prayeth meekly; but the rich giveth a rough answer.
A cluster of Camphire in the vineyards of Engedi art thou unto me, O my beloved.
And when all Israel saw that the king would not hear them, the people answered the king, saying, "What part have we with David or inheritance with the son of Jesse? Let every man of Israel go to his tent. And now, David, see to thine own house!" And thereupon all Israel gat them to their tents,
And Zadok, a young man of great power, had his father's household with Captains, twenty two.
Like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, with all his soul, and all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any such.
And as soon as he had sent the people away, he went up into a mountain alone to pray. And when night was come he was there himself alone.
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jedidiah, of the LORD's behalf.
And there came one or other to David day by day to help him: until it was a great host, like the host of God.
And Samson said, "With the jaw of an ass, have I made heaps: with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men!"
And as he went to Ziklag there fell to him of Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, and Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, heads of the thousands of Manasseh.
And there came a scribe, and said unto him, "Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest."
And the first took their journey at the mouth of the LORD, by the hand of Moses:
"Bring the tribe of Levi, and set them before Aaron the priest, and let them serve him and wait upon him -
and the fourth year all the fruit of them shall be holy and acceptable to the LORD.
And he looked up and said, "I see the men; For I see them walk as they were trees."
Yea, even he shall build up the temple of the LORD. He shall bear the praise, he shall sit upon the LORD's throne, and have the domination. A priest shall he be also upon his throne, and a peaceable counsel shall be betwixt them both.
If the kindred of Egypt go not up, and come not, it shall not rain upon them neither. This shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all Heathen, that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
But doth the axe boost itself, against him that heweth therewith? Or doth the saw make any bragging, against him that ruleth it? That were even like as if the rod did exalt itself against him that beareth it: or as though the staff should magnify itself, as who say it were not wood.
And the LORD spake unto the fish: and it cast out Jonah again upon the dry land.
Whose purpose is, with the dreams that everyone tell, to make my people forget my name, as their forefathers did when Baal came up.
All their wickedness is done at Gilgal, there do I abhor them. For the ungraciousness of their own inventions, I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more, for all their princes are unfaithful.
And the LORD came and stood and called as before, "Samuel, Samuel." And Samuel said, "Speak on, for thy servant heareth thee."
Behold, my beloved said to me: Up and haste my love, my dove, my beautiful, and come:
And he answered, "While the child was alive, I fasted and wept. For I this thought, 'Who can tell whether God will have mercy on me that the child may live?'
But Saul answered, and said, "Am not I the son of a Benjaminite of the smallest tribe of Israel, and my kindred the least of all the kindreds of the tribe of Benjamin? Wherefore then speakest thou so to me?"
My beloved is like a Roe or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in at the window, and peepeth through the grate.
Among the children of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
And upon those members of that body which we think least honest, put we most honesty on. And our ungoodly parts have most beauty on.
And the devil said unto him, "If thou be the son of God, command this stone that it be bread."
For if thou shalt forget the LORD thy God and shalt walk after strange gods and serve them and worship them, I testify unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish.
and she was his wife and bare him a son. But the deed that David had committed displeased the LORD.
Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he arose up and came into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
Then he arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt;
And Joshua said unto all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake with us. It shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye lie unto your God."
And every day from the first day unto the last, read he in the book of the law of God. And seven days held they the feast, and on the eighth day they gathered together, according unto the manner.
These are the children of the land that went up out of the captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and in Judah, every one unto his city;
Understanding is a well of life unto him that hath it; as for the chastening of fools, it is but foolishness.
The vain craftsmen with their works, that they in their vanity hath made, shall perish one with another in the time of visitation.
And the furze bush said unto the trees, "If it will be true that ye will anoint me king over you, then come and rest under my shadow, and ye shall see that a fire shall come out of the furze-bush and waste the cypress trees of Lebanon!'
Yet is there a vanity upon earth: there be just men, unto whom it happeneth, as though they had the works of the ungodly; Again, there be ungodly, with whom it goeth as though they had the works of the righteous. This me think also a vain thing.
For what hath the wise more than the fool? What helpeth it the poor, that he knoweth to walk before the living?
And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand which were appointed by name to go to make David king.
and all the store cities that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen and all that his lust was to build in Jerusalem and Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stone and one row of Cedar planks.
And it was in the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Michael, Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah.
and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. And the men of Gath that were born in the land, slew them, because they were come down to take away their cattle.
And the LORD spake unto you out of the fire and ye heard the voice of the words; But saw no image, save heard a voice only.
If any man obey not our sayings, send us word of him by a letter: and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed:
And he closed the book, and gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all that were in the synagogue, were fastened on him.
"'Among all manner beasts, they that have hoofs and divide them not into two claws or that chew not the cud, shall be unclean unto you: and all that toucheth them shall be unclean.
And he said, "I tell thee Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, till thou have thrice denied that thou knowest me."
only the LORD had a lust unto thy fathers to love them, and therefore chose you their seed after them of all nations, as it is come to pass this day.
but thou must eat them before the LORD thy God, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen: both thou, thy son and thy daughter, thy servant and thy maid and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, in all that thou puttest thine hand to.
But he that doth wrong shall receive for the wrong that he hath done: for there is no respect of persons.
The salutation of me, Paul, with mine own hand. This is the token in all epistles. So I write.
In like wise, no man poureth new wine into old vessels, for if he do, the new wine breaketh the vessels, and the wine runneth out, and the vessels are marred. But new wine must be poured into new vessels."
Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous
But when Herod heard of him, he said, "It is John whom I beheaded, he is risen from death again."
When Herod was dead, Behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
For as long as we are in this tabernacle, we sigh and are grieved: for we would not be unclothed: but would be clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his apparel, and went into the house of the LORD and prayed; and after came to his own house and bade that they should set meat before him, and he did eat.
In the first month, that is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus they cast Pur - that is, a lot - before Haman, on what day and what month this should be done: and it went out the twelfth month, that is the month Adar.
Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night over against them.
And when Samuel called unto the LORD, the LORD sent thunder and rain the same day. And all the people feared the LORD and Samuel exceedingly.
And the one of them said, "Oh my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. And I was delivered of a child with her in the said house.
not drunken, no fighter, not given to filthy lucre: but gentle, abhorring fighting, abhorring covetousness,
And when he was come nigh for to enter into Egypt, he said unto Sarai his wife, "Behold, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon.
So that thou stretch forth thine hand, that healing, and signs, and wonders be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus."
Then asked him the Pharisees and scribes, "Why walk not thy disciples according to the traditions of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?"
But turn to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the voice and prayer which thy servant maketh before thee.