Taking an oath, David again said, "Your father is very much aware of the fact that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, 'Don't let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.' But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!"

The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens

Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

Worship the Lord in holy attire! Tremble before him, all the earth!

He answered them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:

for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.

Sing to the Lord, you faithful followers of his; give thanks to his holy name.

Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,

When they looked up, all they saw was Jesus alone.

You will say, "I will invade a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against those living quietly in security -- all of them living without walls and barred gates --

How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart,

"The Lord says, 'That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.

For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.

He asked Amnon, "Why are you, the king's son, so depressed every morning? Can't you tell me?" So Amnon said to him, "I'm in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom."

Only do not rebel against the Lord, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection has turned aside from them, but the Lord is with us. Do not fear them!"

You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?

Then Moses said to Aaron, "Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the Lord -- the plague has begun!"

So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.

You gave me no kiss of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet.

David said to the whole Israelite assembly, "If you so desire and the Lord our God approves, let's spread the word to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel, and to the priests and Levites in their cities, so they may join us.

So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold.

So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, "David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife."

You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this very day, until you bring the offering of your God. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live.

But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" At that moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

Although it grieved the king, because of his oath and the dinner guests he commanded it to be given.

After some time Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah was consoled, he left for Timnah to visit his sheepshearers, along with his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

The generation to come -- your descendants who will rise up after you, as well as the foreigner who will come from distant places -- will see the afflictions of that land and the illnesses that the Lord has brought on it.

When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said, "Why this waste?

In the dream the angel of God said to me, 'Jacob!' 'Here I am!' I replied.

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.

I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,

You will say, "They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink."

Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.

You will become fuel for the fire -- your blood will stain the middle of the land; you will no longer be remembered, for I, the Lord, have spoken.'"

At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been ill and had recovered.

"As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; say: "'A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning --

"Go, seek an oracle from the Lord for me and the people -- for all Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord's fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this scroll by doing all that it instructs us to do."

The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he has thrown into the sea, and his chosen officers were drowned in the Red Sea.

The following events also occurred while the Babylonian forces had temporarily withdrawn from Jerusalem because the army of Pharaoh was coming.

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

Animals torn by wild beasts I never brought to you; I always absorbed the loss myself. You always made me pay for every missing animal, whether it was taken by day or at night.

So do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim to predict the future by divination, by dreams, by consulting the dead, or by practicing magic. They keep telling you, 'You do not need to be subject to the king of Babylon.'

Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!

For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the Lord.

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them."

People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

Helkath, and Rehob, along with the grazing areas of each -- a total of four cities;

Judgment will come from the Lord who commands armies, accompanied by thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise, by a strong gale, a windstorm, and a consuming flame of fire.

Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.

when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors,

Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you.

all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

Six years you may sow your field, and six years you may prune your vineyard and gather the produce,

If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.

When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord's temple.

because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!" And every ship's captain, and all who sail along the coast -- seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David's footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,

David gave to his son Solomon the blueprints for the temple porch, its buildings, its treasuries, its upper areas, its inner rooms, and the room for atonement.

by serving other gods and worshiping them -- the sun, moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship.

He must then take the two goats and stand them before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent,

But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

Any one of you that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and will cause you grief. All of those born to your family will die in the prime of life.

Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh the required amount of silver and gold, but to meet Pharaoh's demands Jehoiakim had to tax the land. He collected an assessed amount from each man among the people of the land in order to pay Pharaoh Necho.

Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, "Go back to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you and responded favorably."

Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

The firstborn of every womb which they present to the Lord, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem, and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.

Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite

However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

"Sir," the official said to him, "come down before my child dies."

I am determined, O God! I am determined! I will sing and praise you!

He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,

"Then he is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it all around on the horns of the altar.

If you say, "But we did not know about this," does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?

When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, "Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news.

But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.)

"I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

You hear prayers; all people approach you.

Manoah prayed to the Lord, "Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God to visit us again, so he can teach us how we should raise the child who will be born."

The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others --

Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and prepared for battle. In the Valley of Siddim they met

Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

I am depressed, so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing.

None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?

O Lord, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor!

On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases.

while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.

Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.

"If a young woman who is still living in her father's house makes a vow to the Lord or places herself under an obligation,

You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.

You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them and so that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness.

The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites on another hill, with the valley between them.

These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord's sanctuary, after the ark was placed there.

The Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah.

But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, at that time they will fast."

"'Tarshish was your trade partner because of your abundant wealth; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products.

"If a man gives his neighbor money or articles for safekeeping, and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he must repay double.

Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink.

He said to me: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.

This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children you have given to them,

Then, if anyone prophesies in spite of this, his father and mother to whom he was born will say to him, 'You cannot live, for you lie in the name of the Lord.' Then his father and mother to whom he was born will run him through with a sword when he prophesies.

Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the Lord goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.

"So tell them, 'The Lord, the God of Israel, says, "Every wine jar is made to be filled with wine."' And they will probably say to you, 'Do you not think we know that every wine jar is supposed to be filled with wine?'

The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.

I will give you your rains in their time so that the land will give its yield and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

As for me, I will call out to God, and the Lord will deliver me.

King Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord's temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king's prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)

Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in.

you must take the first of all the ground's produce you harvest from the land the Lord your God is giving you, place it in a basket, and go to the place where he chooses to locate his name.

Jesus said to them, "Whose image is this, and whose inscription?"

and bread made without yeast, and perforated cakes without yeast mixed with oil, and wafers without yeast spread with oil -- you are to make them using fine wheat flour.

"Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: 'Don't let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, "Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."

Moreover, the officers are to say to the troops, "Who among you has built a new house and not dedicated it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else dedicate it.

because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!"

Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh. He killed him and took his place as king.

Each Sabbath day Aaron must arrange it before the Lord continually; this portion is from the Israelites as a perpetual covenant.

"The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."

"You are to take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

The Lord reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.

Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags.

Then Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace petitioned me both in Jerusalem and here, shouting loudly that he ought not to live any longer.

He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,

Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?

is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.

He took them and sent them across the stream along with all his possessions.

While he was offering sacrifices, Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's adviser, to come from his city, Giloh. The conspiracy was gaining momentum, and the people were starting to side with Absalom.

Asa did what the Lord approved like his ancestor David had done.

"Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.

"Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

If a woman approaches any animal to have sexual intercourse with it, you must kill the woman, and the animal must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

He said to his mother, "You know the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you." His mother said, "May the Lord reward you, my son!"

Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it?

"If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

He made the large basin of bronze and its pedestal of bronze from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Then Jacob asked, "Please tell me your name." "Why do you ask my name?" the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.

The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel.

She named him Joseph, saying, "May the Lord give me yet another son."

I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy!

Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah had heard the things that Jeremiah had been telling the people. They had heard him say,

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.

You must sacrifice the Passover animal (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he chooses to locate his name.

Turn your eyes away from me -- they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.

Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

three years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, or three days being struck down by the Lord, during which a plague will invade the land and the Lord's messenger will destroy throughout Israel's territory.' Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me."

But Micaiah said, "As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say."

then you must give over to the Lord the first offspring of every womb. Every firstling of a beast that you have -- the males will be the Lord's.

"But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Asher by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said, "Child, get up."

I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will never again be two nations and never again be divided into two kingdoms.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord's work, as I am too.

My help comes from the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth!

But you are willing to forgive, so that you might be honored.

Gather the people -- men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages -- so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the words of this law.

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!

Sing to the Lord! Praise his name! Announce every day how he delivers!

You must not expose your father's nakedness by having sexual intercourse with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have intercourse with her.

For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.'

Then Moses went with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people.

And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.

Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

Now David had run away and escaped. He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth.

"Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community,

Isaac said, "Since I am so old, I could die at any time.

The same law will apply to the person who is native-born and to the foreigner who lives among you."

If David then calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?"

Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

"This is what the sovereign Lord says: "You will drink your sister's deep and wide cup; you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.

Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

and sprinkle it seven times on the one being cleansed from the disease, pronounce him clean, and send the live bird away over the open countryside.

and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Then in the dream God replied to him, "Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.

This is what the sovereign Lord says: "Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

May the Lord be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!"

They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

"Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

Meshelemiah's sons: The firstborn Zechariah, the second Jediael, the third Zebadiah, the fourth Jathniel,

Then he is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the eastern face of the atonement plate, and in front of the atonement plate he is to sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

But if we say, 'From people,' all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet."

Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?"

Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry.

By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food.

The officials put the scroll in the room of Elishama, the royal secretary, for safekeeping. Then they went to the court and reported everything to the king.

"'Any person who eats an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a foreigner, must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he becomes clean.

Show me the coin used for the tax." So they brought him a denarius.

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.

"So now, our God -- the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity -- do not regard as inconsequential all the hardship that has befallen us -- our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people -- from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!

Binding his foal to the vine, and his colt to the choicest vine, he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned,

All the skilled among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; they were made with cherubim that were the work of an artistic designer.

David said to Saul, "Why do you pay attention when men say, 'David is seeking to do you harm'?

"Blood guilt will be accounted to any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat inside the camp or outside the camp,

Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim's head, although he was the younger. Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh's head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

for the prophecy he announced with the Lord's authority against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled."

The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.

So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies.

And the landowner replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me to work for the standard wage?

cargo such as gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all sorts of things made of citron wood, all sorts of objects made of ivory, all sorts of things made of expensive wood, bronze, iron and marble,

and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life's breath, they die and return to dust.

"Our law doesn't condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?"

Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart.

They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.

For I, the Lord, promise: "David will never lack a successor to occupy the throne over the nation of Israel.

The Lord said, "Go stand in the courtyard of the Lord's temple. Speak out to all the people who are coming from the towns of Judah to worship in the Lord's temple. Tell them everything I command you to tell them. Do not leave out a single word!

Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern!

He replied, "Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

"For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Do not let the prophets or those among you who claim to be able to predict the future by divination deceive you. And do not pay any attention to the dreams that you are encouraging them to dream.

You must not expose the nakedness of your mother's sister and your father's sister, for such a person has laid bare his own close relative. They must bear their punishment for iniquity.

"You are to present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the tent of meeting. You are to wash them with water

The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen, "Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do."

Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.

All the days of the desolation it will have the rest it did not have on your Sabbaths when you lived on it.

saying, "Don't touch my chosen ones! Don't harm my prophets!"

The Lord will protect you from all harm; he will protect your life.

Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,

When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling's pocket!

The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master was staying until it became light.

When Samuel came to him, Saul said to him, "May the Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord said."

When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

Jehoahaz asked for the Lord's mercy and the Lord responded favorably, for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria.

Prior to this Absalom had set up a monument and dedicated it to himself in the King's Valley, reasoning "I have no son who will carry on my name." He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom's Memorial.

When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

Look! Israel's protector does not sleep or slumber!

And about five o'clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day without work?'

For I, the Lord, love justice and hate robbery and sin. I will repay them because of my faithfulness; I will make a permanent covenant with them.

These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

Timna, a concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz, bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Esau's wife Adah.

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

The Lord sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, the Lord sits enthroned as the eternal king.

When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning's light.

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy.

and if God is gracious to him and says, 'Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,'

When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, "Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it."

After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

He said to me, 'Look, you will conceive and have a son. So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies.'"

If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

Then he uttered this oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

He passed away and his son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.

Then he said to Korah and to all his company, "In the morning the Lord will make known who are his, and who is holy. He will cause that person to approach him; the person he has chosen he will cause to approach him.

The priest will then examine it, and if a white swelling is on the skin, it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,

No one came to the rescue because the city was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and occupied it.

You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries.

and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, dressed in clean bright linen, wearing wide golden belts around their chests.

But I will most surely heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. I will show them abundant peace and security.

So his father Isaac said to him, "Indeed, your home will be away from the richness of the earth, and away from the dew of the sky above.

But Solomon built a house for him.

You will advance; you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

"But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father's example.

Persist in trusting your amulets and your many incantations, which you have faithfully recited since your youth! Maybe you will be successful -- maybe you will scare away disaster.

"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.'

They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria (this was where the prostitutes bathed); dogs licked his blood, just as the Lord had said would happen.

But Naboth replied to Ahab, "The Lord forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance."

My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.

So Ahab went on up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel. He bent down toward the ground and put his face between his knees.

Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step.

His wife Jezebel said to him, "You are the king of Israel! Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you."

Later there was a battle with the Philistines in Gezer. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.

He followed in his father Asa's footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat's reign over Judah, Ahab's son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. He ruled for two years over Israel.

Araunah told David, "My lord the king may take whatever he wishes and offer it. Look! Here are oxen for burnt offerings, and threshing sledges and harnesses for wood.

Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, she did not allow the birds of the air to feed on them by day, nor the wild animals by night.

then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

Then David went from there to Mizpah in Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and mother stay with you until I know what God is going to do for me."

The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked, "What is it that you want to report to me?"

I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and caused you to walk upright.

Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.

Now the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.

Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

For this is what the Lord says: "For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant,

Then a trustworthy king will be established; he will rule in a reliable manner, this one from David's family. He will be sure to make just decisions and will be experienced in executing justice.

If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,'

The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.

The Lord abhors the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness.

The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

The bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought to make atonement in the holy place, must be brought outside the camp and their hide, their flesh, and their dung must be burned up,

A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.

If I say, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.

Destruction and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.'

Joseph's master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.

When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

Delilah said to Samson, "Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me how you can be subdued." He said to her, "If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on the loom and secure it with the pin, I will become weak and be like any other man."

and the one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.

In the eleventh year, in the month Bul (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.

Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

Are God's consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you?

When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city.

Next to them will be the tribe of Manasseh. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying, "Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which the Lord has blessed.

The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans. The border of their territory extended to Sarid.

He told the elders, "Wait for us in this place until we return to you. Here are Aaron and Hur with you. Whoever has any matters of dispute can approach them."

Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!"

So I will carry you far off and throw you away. I will send both you and the city I gave to you and to your ancestors out of my sight.

"Therefore, on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment of a prophet to deceive the people.

As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

The Lord emerges like a hero, like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; he shouts, yes, he yells, he shows his enemies his power.

Hear the word of the Lord, you who respect what he has to say! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say, "May the Lord be glorified, then we will witness your joy." But they will be put to shame.

For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

So he did as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

But his father and mother said to him, "Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines." But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, because she is the right one for me."

When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.

He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels.

Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer them, as the Lord promised."

No hand will touch him -- but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.' When the ram's horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain."

God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong,

The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

Simon answered, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled." Jesus said to him, "You have judged rightly."

At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know the man!" At that moment a rooster crowed.

"'They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord's gifts, the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy.

Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.

Instead you must utterly annihilate them -- the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites -- just as the Lord your God has commanded you,

But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean.

And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.

And many believed in Jesus there.

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do.

In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.

At the time of the harvest three of the thirty leaders went down to David at the cave of Adullam. A band of Philistines was camped in the valley of Rephaim.

and you make an offering by fire to the Lord from the herd or from the flock (whether a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a freewill offering or in your solemn feasts) to create a pleasing aroma to the Lord,

After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, "Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!"

But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength!

"Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here!" So they surrounded the town and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. They relaxed all night, thinking, "He will not leave until morning comes; then we will kill him!"

Baasha passed away and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.

He said to David, "You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

On the first day is a holy assembly; you must do no regular work.

You may give them as inheritance to your children after you to possess as property. You may enslave them perpetually. However, as for your brothers the Israelites, no man may rule over his brother harshly.

Later the Lord explained, "In the same way that my servant Isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years, as an object lesson and omen pertaining to Egypt and Cush,

They also took Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions when they left, for Lot was living in Sodom.

"Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.

He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.' The Lord says, 'That is a good example of what it means to know me.'

The Lord spoke to Moses:

But I thought, "I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing." But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me.

If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

The word of the Lord came to me:

He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

(Tsade) You are just, O Lord, and your judgments are fair.

My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

You will have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with olive oil, because the olives will drop off the trees while still unripe.

So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the supervisor of the wardrobe. (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh district.) They stated their business,

Then he said, "May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!"

Saul said, "Let's go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout them until the break of day. We won't leave any of them alive!" They replied, "Do whatever seems best to you." But the priest said, "Let's approach God here."

Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

The priest replied, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the valley of Elah, is wrapped in a garment behind the ephod. If you wish, take it for yourself. Other than that, there's nothing here." David said, "There's nothing like it! Give it to me!"

He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; they angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols.

Then Moses said to Korah, "You and all your company present yourselves before the Lord -- you and they, and Aaron -- tomorrow.

Those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to omen readers and diviners, but the Lord your God has not given you permission to do such things.

A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

I will send the wild animals against you and they will bereave you of your children, annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population so that your roads will become deserted.

(Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)

Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread.

Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying, "How did the fig tree wither so quickly?"

The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.

Persia, Ethiopia, and Put are with them, all of them with shields and helmets.

The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

"The Lord God of Israel says, 'Write everything that I am about to tell you in a scroll.

I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place.'"'" Then they reported back to the king.

Isaiah ordered, "Get a fig cake." So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered.

She considers a field and buys it; from her own income she plants a vineyard.

He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.

His troops advance together; they throw up a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent.

Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!"

After three years he captured it (in the sixth year of Hezekiah's reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea's reign over Israel Samaria was captured.

Jonathan, David's uncle, was a wise adviser and scribe; Jehiel son of Hacmoni cared for the king's sons.

But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, he took a child, had him stand by his side,

and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.

He must take a wife who is a virgin.

So Pharaoh asked his officials, "Can we find a man like Joseph, one in whom the Spirit of God is present?"

When you present your sacrifices -- when you make your sons pass through the fire -- you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me!

From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?"

You must not kindle a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day."

When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

Its trimmers and its trays are to be of pure gold.

I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain!' I am the Lord, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.

How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house -- your holy palace.

But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety. (Selah)

Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of dawn.

Can you put a cord through its nose, or pierce its jaw with a hook?

And early in the morning they went up to the crest of the hill country, saying, "Here we are, and we will go up to the place that the Lord commanded, for we have sinned."

The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

As he yelled curses, Shimei said, "Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man!

If his master gave him a wife, and she bore sons or daughters, the wife and the children will belong to her master, and he will go out by himself.

So Abram took all these for him and then cut them in two and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half.

So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River to Jerusalem.

If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

The Israelites went up to Bethel and asked God, "Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?" The Lord said, "Judah should lead."

"'If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.

So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.

But they will be subject to the Lord their God and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.

I commission you as my spokesman; I cover you with the palm of my hand, to establish the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion, 'You are my people.'"

For this is what the Lord God of Israel says, 'The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.'"

The king did not even listen to Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah, who had urged him not to burn the scroll.

David said, "I will express my loyalty to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal to me." So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father's death. When David's servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king's sympathy,

That person sings to others, saying: 'I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

You must never forget the agreement I made with you, and you must not worship other gods.

Moses said, "You will know this when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to satisfy you, because the Lord has heard your murmurings that you are murmuring against him. As for us, what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord."

He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,

and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your murmurings against the Lord. As for us, what are we, that you should murmur against us?"

He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, "This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

The following Levites prepared to carry out the king's orders: From the Kohathites: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah; from the Merarites: Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; from the Gershonites: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;

Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)

Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him through God.

The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, and cisterns.

The bars of your gates will be made of iron and bronze, and may you have lifelong strength.

"O Lord who commands armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.

Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood, and no resident foreigner who lives among you is to eat blood.

She replied, "Here is my servant Bilhah! Have sexual relations with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her."

So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

He replied, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.

The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi.

The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

So I, Jeremiah, tell you, "Each of you people should say to his friend or his relative, 'How did the Lord answer? Or what did the Lord say?'

Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; you will never again be ashamed or humiliated.

A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

This is what the Lord says: "When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, 'Don't destroy it, for it contains juice.' So I will do for the sake of my servants -- I will not destroy everyone.

Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.

You are my hiding place and my shield. I find hope in your word.

A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

Your teeth are like a flock of newly-shorn sheep coming up from the washing place; each of them has a twin, and not one of them is missing.

When Josiah turned around, he saw the tombs there on the hill. So he ordered the bones from the tombs to be brought; he burned them on the altar and defiled it. This fulfilled the Lord's announcement made by the prophet while Jeroboam stood by the altar during a festival. King Josiah turned and saw the grave of the prophet who had foretold this.

His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

This took place to fulfill the Lord's message delivered through Jeremiah. The land experienced its sabbatical years; it remained desolate for seventy years, as prophesied.

He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided.

Make then my pledge with you. Who else will put up security for me?

"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking -- how much of it goes away?

when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of all Israel, all the Philistines marched up to confront him. When David heard about it, he marched out against them.

But Amaziah would not heed the warning, so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

Within Issachar's and Asher's territory Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, En Dor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo, the three of Napheth, and the towns surrounding all these cities.

because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.

Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord's tribute was 61.

On that day, when Gog invades the land of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, my rage will mount up in my anger.

Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says."

Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat.

"The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem.

For people will live in Zion; in Jerusalem you will weep no more. When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy; when he hears it, he will respond to you.

"I will provoke civil strife in Egypt, brothers will fight with each other, as will neighbors, cities, and kingdoms.

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

He delivered his people; he ordained that his covenant be observed forever. His name is holy and awesome.

You determine my destiny! Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me.

So Aaron said to them, "Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."

But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God's loyal love.

May the Lord God of Israel be praised, in the future and forevermore. Then all the people said, "We agree! Praise the Lord!"

May the Lord judge between the two of us, and may the Lord vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.

"'On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you. You must not do any regular work. This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations.

"But wisdom -- where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?

Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet: "This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: 'You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah,

You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.

The rest of the events of Pekah's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

Now Joseph's brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to burn incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his company -- just as the Lord had spoken by the authority of Moses.

They assigned to the Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,

Then Moses spoke to the Lord:

"'I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

At three times in the year all your males will appear before the Lord God.

and you are to kill the ram and take its blood and splash it all around on the altar.

"Many daughters have done valiantly, but you surpass them all!"

Jesus answered, "I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father -- and yet you dishonor me.

All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.

Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors will say to you, "Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?"'

"I, the Lord, do these things. I, the Lord, form the plan to bring them about. I am known as the Lord. I say to you,

There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days.

When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord's temple.

Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.

Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.

When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.

The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.

However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord's commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, "Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. A man must be executed only for his own sin."

Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

This shall be the priests' fair allotment from the people who offer sacrifices, whether bull or sheep -- they must give to the priest the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

Make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must cover from the waist to the thighs.

If there is something on the bed or on the furniture she sits on, when he touches it he will be unclean until evening,

But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions.

The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas.

Those numbered in his division are 46,500.

Then the Lord's angel said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.

But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.

There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat.

The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!

So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.

Jesus said to them, "Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?

You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?

Anyone who would not seek the Lord God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, male or female.

You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

I will judge him with plague and bloodshed. I will rain down on him, his troops and the many peoples who are with him a torrential downpour, hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

They all ate and were satisfied,

and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone. The entire army will return unharmed."

Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey, while Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban's flocks.

Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,

Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops and fought against it.

Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz,

Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.

"'But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his.

This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

You will be shocked and amazed! You are totally blind! They are drunk, but not because of wine; they stagger, but not because of beer.

when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

This very day, standing in Nob, they shake their fist at Daughter Zion's mountain -- at the hill of Jerusalem.

The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.

But if he does not do it with premeditation, but it happens by accident, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

The one who keeps the law is a discerning child, but a companion of gluttons brings shame to his parents.

I will leave his son one tribe so my servant David's dynasty may continue to serve me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.

No man from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, or a man who has a seminal emission,

All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them also had children by these women.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

The Ephraimites did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

David replied to Achish, "That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!" Achish said to David, "Then I will make you my bodyguard from now on."

This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!

From there we put out to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

There he set up an altar and called it "The God of Israel is God."

I also call on you to love the Lord your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."

May my tongue sing about your instructions, for all your commands are just.

He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests.

The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

saying, 'These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.'

So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.