Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.

Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor's fianc?e; in this way you will purge evil from among you.

And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life?

For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive.

My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.

A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?

But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well.

Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.

Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods). I recounted the dream for him as well,

Then Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his remaining sons, "Take the grain offering which remains from the gifts of the Lord and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.

Jacob had marital relations with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban for seven more years.

The Lord judges the nations. Vindicate me, Lord, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!

Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: "I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.

They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses' entrance. There she was executed.

Jesus replied, "If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?"

Then he called out to the Lord, "O Lord, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?"

I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

Lift your hand triumphantly against your adversaries; may all your enemies be destroyed!

So they assembled all the leaders of the Philistines and asked, "What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They replied, "The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath." So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates sent to King Darius.

If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,

The woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a prophet and that the Lord really does speak through you."

but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,

so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.

the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him, "If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you."

If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering tokens of peace on it, the Lord himself will punish us.

Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do everything that my lord the king has instructed his servant to do." So Mephibosheth was a regular guest at David's table, just as though he were one of the king's sons.

They replied, "Yes, straight ahead! But hurry now, for he came to the town today, and the people are making a sacrifice at the high place.

Serug, Nahor, Terah,

So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!'"

The Lord, who is the inheritance of Jacob's descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all."

But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!"

But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.'

The heavens -- indeed the highest heavens -- belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;

Then Amnon greatly despised her. His disdain toward her surpassed the love he had previously felt toward her. Amnon said to her, "Get up and leave!"

From the descendants of Simeon: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males numbered of them twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.

All the raised offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the Lord, I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your descendants with you."

O Lord, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently."

However, if the servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,

The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

So the Israelites set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran.

Armed troops marched ahead of the priests blowing the horns, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark blowing rams' horns.

Pharaoh gave his men orders about Abram, and so they expelled him, along with his wife and all his possessions.

Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

Saul's watchmen at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin looked on as the crowd of soldiers seemed to melt away first in one direction and then in another.

When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.

In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.

Again he said, "To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

"I destroyed nations; their walled cities are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; no one lives there.

But if the individual has no close relative to whom reparation can be made for the wrong, the reparation for the wrong must be paid to the Lord for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement by which atonement is made for him.

if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.

Paul replied, "I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains."

He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

Then you will know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you have not followed and whose regulations you have not carried out. Instead you have behaved according to the regulations of the nations around you!'"

That day will be a day of God's anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,

The king's scribes were quickly summoned -- in the third month (that is, the month of Sivan), on the twenty-third day. They wrote out everything that Mordecai instructed to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces all the way from India to Ethiopia -- a hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all -- to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, and to the Jews according to their own script and their own language.

Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, "Return to me on the third day."

but who pays back those who hate him as they deserve and destroys them. He will not ignore those who hate him but will repay them as they deserve!

The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

When the Lord's messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.

After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.

Hadad, who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father's Edomite servants and headed for Egypt.

It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God.

You will plant crops, but will not harvest them; you will squeeze oil from the olives, but you will have no oil to rub on your bodies; you will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink.

The inscription of the charge against him read, "The king of the Jews."

by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.

And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road.

(Khet) Jerusalem committed terrible sin; therefore she became an object of scorn. All who admired her have despised her because they have seen her nakedness. She groans aloud and turns away in shame.

Then Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is too great to endure!

Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.

then I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures of all kinds. Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy all living things.

or to governors as those he commissions to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do good.

He will take your best fields and vineyards and give them to his own servants.

Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.

Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.

for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

As for all the kings of the nations, all of them lie down in splendor, each in his own tomb.

I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.

in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night.

Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.

The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.

These were their names: Ben-Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim.

and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

So all of you approached me and said, "Let's send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there."

When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

(Yod) An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple -- those whom you had commanded: "They must not enter your assembly place."

For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.

When you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

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It will be for a sign on your hand and for frontlets on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt."

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

From the descendants of Judah: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But I will be different now to this remnant of my people from the way I was in those days,' says the Lord who rules over all,

So King Darius issued the written interdict.

Josiah also got rid of the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord's temple.

save others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy on others, coupled with a fear of God, hating even the clothes stained by the flesh.

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

The Beloved to the Maidens: I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Qedar, lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah.

Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?"

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted to Moses.

The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone -- it will come back on him.

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

He told them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.

"I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.

You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ's slave.

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth."

They will say, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'

It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended.

When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz),

So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,

The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments. The metal fittings of the chariots shine like fire on the day of battle; the soldiers brandish their spears.

Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done!

Then those officials who had gone to the king came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.

So everyone took his censer, put fire in it, and set incense on it, and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.

and after taking some food, his strength returned. For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus,

The exiles of this fortress of the people of Israel will take possession of what belongs to the people of Canaan, as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will take possession of the towns of the Negev.

Jehoiada then drew up a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, stipulating that they should be loyal to the Lord.

Jesus said to her, "I, the one speaking to you, am he."

Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.

He says to himself, "God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices."

A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!

Now look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If a man leans for support on it, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him.

Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the Lord.

The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!

For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.

Whatever is needed -- whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by the priests who are in Jerusalem -- must be given to them daily without any neglect,

When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' --

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "So, couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour?

Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!"

But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown."

But if you don't obey the Lord and rebel against what the Lord says, the hand of the Lord will be against both you and your king.

For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!'"

So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

So his parents replied, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

and their bones were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Hasn't Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?"

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.

So they left the town and began coming to him.

For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you and me.

Their wealth will be stolen and their houses ruined! They will not live in the houses they have built, nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted.

And he said to me, "Get up, go down at once from here because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have sinned! They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them and have made for themselves a cast metal image."

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."

The king swore an oath: "As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me from every danger),

And in his name the Gentiles will hope."

The Lord then said to me, "Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!" So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the Lord.

The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.

I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love -- I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus --

The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

I will strike you brutally and destroy you because of your sin.

the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;

So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.

When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, but you must not take away any in a container.

So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: "God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!"

"Do not say, 'Conspiracy,' every time these people say the word. Don't be afraid of what scares them; don't be terrified.

For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the Lord's temple.

when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

When the dove returned to him in the evening, there was a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk'?

A man who was from there replied, "And who is their father?" Therefore this became a proverb: "Is even Saul among the prophets?"

The Lord spoke to Aaron, "You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion of property among them -- I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God,

But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.

"All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in a delightful land," says the Lord who rules over all.

For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.

Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my compatriots.

The leaders and the highly respected people are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

"In those times many will oppose the king of the south. Those who are violent among your own people will rise up in confirmation of the vision, but they will falter.

"I, the Lord, also have something to say concerning the wicked nations who surround my land and have attacked and plundered the land that I gave to my people as a permanent possession. I say: 'I will uproot the people of those nations from their lands and I will free the people of Judah who have been taken there.

"Is this not stored up with me?" says the Lord, "Is it not sealed up in my storehouses?

Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others.

Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.

You are to bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire community of the Israelites.

The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

They did not ask: 'Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?'

Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.

Then the Lord became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.

And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification.

For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

"'If he cannot afford an animal from the flock, he must bring his penalty for guilt for his sin that he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, to the Lord, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.

Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.

I will transform the lame into the nucleus of a new nation, and those far off into a mighty nation. The Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion, from that day forward and forevermore."

He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.

yet even angels, who are much more powerful, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.

Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan.

"Look, O Lord! Consider that I have become worthless!"

Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.

Gather your belongings together and prepare to leave the land, you people of Jerusalem who are being besieged.

The people worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua's lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.

I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, and you will know that I am the Lord.

Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! In the presence of our relatives identify whatever is yours and take it." (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.)

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed.

But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.

He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.

When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, "We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!" So Israel returned to their homes.

The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the orchard;

Jesus replied, "I performed one miracle and you are all amazed.

and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind.

These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person."

Then the Levites quieted all the people saying, "Be quiet, for this day is holy. Do not grieve."

Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

with one-tenth for each of the seven lambs,

For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,

Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!'

And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

Solomon replied, "You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.

I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.

Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord.

Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.

"Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

The people of the Negev will take possession of Esau's mountain, and the people of the Shephelah will take possession of the land of the Philistines. They will also take possession of the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, and the people of Benjamin will take possession of Gilead.

Next I noticed the man dressed in linen with the writing kit at his side bringing back word: "I have done just as you commanded me."

Then she saw the king standing by the pillar, according to custom. The officers stood beside the king with their trumpets and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, "Treason, treason!"

These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand.

To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.

So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God's commandments is what counts.

Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, "Which way did the Lord's spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?"

The Lord spoke to Moses:

"I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, 'If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,' he promised, 'you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.'

Gather the people; sanctify an assembly! Gather the elders; gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom and the bride from her private quarters.

Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba's household were Mephibosheth's servants.

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

He said to me, "Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here."

I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them, "Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!" Because of them I called for a great public assembly.

Elijah said to him, "Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho." But he replied, "As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Jericho.

Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.

Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.

In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat bread made without yeast until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.

When the men of Joseph attacked Bethel, the Lord was with them.

I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent.

and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the Lord said.

I said to you, "I am the Lord your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!" But you have disobeyed me.'"

The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men had gathered was 675,000 sheep,

Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks wisdom will be disciplined.

Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

(Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,

O Lord, according to all your justice, please turn your raging anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.

Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority, for the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly.

His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.

He said, "Capture them alive!" So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors.

He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Now Ham was the father of Canaan.)

Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.

Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, "With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again!

of Malluch, Jonathan; of Shecaniah, Joseph;

(Tet) Her menstrual flow has soiled her clothing; she did not consider the consequences of her sin. Her demise was astonishing, and there was no one to comfort her. She cried, "Look, O Lord, on my affliction because my enemy boasts!"

So the sovereign master was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,

As you stand in those places announce, 'Listen, all you people who pass through these gates. Listen, all you kings of Judah, all you people of Judah and all you citizens of Jerusalem. Listen to what the Lord says.

that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again."

After two years had passed, Porcius Festus succeeded Felix, and because he wanted to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

Then he cried out to me, "Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me peace about the northland."

Rise up, Lord! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!

But whenever raw flesh appears in it he will be unclean,

He answered them, "You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me."

and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. They lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

During David's campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.

Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!"

They answered, "John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen."

So the Lord said to Satan, "All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life."

Soon now I will pour out my rage on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.

Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take part of the spirit that is on you, and will put it on them, and they will bear some of the burden of the people with you, so that you do not bear it all by yourself.

got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum. (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)

Elijah told the prophets of Baal, "Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire."

For the Lord says, "I will now throw out those who live in this land. I will bring so much trouble on them that they will actually feel it."

But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,

And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.

He replaced them with their sons, whom Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised; their fathers had not circumcised them along the way.

Indeed, the Lord's shout will shatter Assyria; he will beat them with a club.

As for an ox or a sheep with a limb too long or stunted, you may present it as a freewill offering, but it will not be acceptable for a votive offering.

from generation to generation he is merciful to those who fear him.

"Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, 'Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.'

Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself by the Nile, while her attendants were walking alongside the river, and she saw the basket among the reeds. She sent one of her attendants, took it,

(Vav) The punishment of my people exceeded that of of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her.

All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.

When John's two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.

He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all.

I will bring distress on the people and they will stumble like blind men, for they have sinned against the Lord. Their blood will be poured out like dirt; their flesh will be scattered like manure.

so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.

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

Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, "May my master, King David, live forever!"

The Lord God appointed a little plant and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue him from his misery. Now Jonah was very delighted about the little plant.

And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in spreading the gospel.

The Lord will reign forever and ever!

Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash.

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

(Lamed) Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord has afflicted me, he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger.

Make every effort to come to me soon.

When Jesus noticed this, he said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people home. They left happy and contented because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

(Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist.

Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"

By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!

Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

Fear seized them all, and they began to glorify God, saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has come to help his people!"

The rest of the events of Amaziah's reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.

He told David, 'Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.'

For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory!

Then I said, "Lord, pay attention to me. Listen to what my enemies are saying.

Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.

But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man's armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

"Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips."

But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

A fool's annoyance is known at once, but the prudent overlooks an insult.

For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.

They discovered written in the law that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month,

And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

but as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand."

From the descendants of this man God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he promised.

The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.

Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

Furthermore it was by the command of the Lord that I marched up against this place to destroy it. The Lord told me, 'March up against this land and destroy it.'"'"

Then I spoke up, "Let a clean turban be put on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood nearby.

And you are to tell the Israelites: 'This is to be my sacred anointing oil throughout your generations.

Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!

He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in the future.

and his colleagues who were heads of families -- 242; and Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

On the fourth day they said to Samson's bride, "Trick your husband into giving the solution to the riddle. If you refuse, we will burn up you and your father's family. Did you invite us here to make us poor?"

But he said to them, "It is I. Do not be afraid."

The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law.

(Now the name of the star is Wormwood.) So a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned.

the descendants of Shephatiah: 372;

He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord.

I rested and slept; I awoke, for the Lord protects me.

Therefore you must wait patiently for me," says the Lord, "for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them -- all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.

so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

if iniquity is in your hand -- put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys).

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will in no way be harmed by the second death.'

(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.

He will take your daughters to be ointment makers, cooks, and bakers.

"The Lord who rules over all said, 'Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

"If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?"

In the fifth year of the reign of Israel's King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram became king over Judah.

But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders, was their responsibility.

Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown.

What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there."

and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep."

Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.

They asked the parents, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.

But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

Jesus said to him, "Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

Hazael said, "How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?" Elisha answered, "The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria."

Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

Others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past."

A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.

"But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: 'The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) -- he who gets rich by extortion!'

But if I do what I don't want, I agree that the law is good.

Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.

Abram (that is, Abraham).

Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

At that very time Jesus cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and granted sight to many who were blind.

He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames.

So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well."

Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet; for because of them he has plenty of food, and more than enough to eat.

We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.'

Though you have eyes, don't you see? And though you have ears, can't you hear? Don't you remember?

For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory!

Jesus and his disciples got up and followed him.

Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord's Supper.

Then Mordecai related to him everything that had happened to him, even the specific amount of money that Haman had offered to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews to be destroyed.

but I show covenant faithfulness to the thousands who choose me and keep my commandments.

For she kept saying to herself, "If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed."

Is this the one who made the world like a desert, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?"'

Foreigners are consuming what his strenuous labor produced, but he does not recognize it! His head is filled with gray hair, but he does not realize it!

I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah. They will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away. Indeed, the Lord has spoken!

(Tsade) The Lord is right to judge me! Yes, I rebelled against his commands. Please listen, all you nations, and look at my suffering! My young women and men have gone into exile.

After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

Warriors were scarce, they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel.

The faithful witness tells what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.

Indeed, a man will grab his brother right in his father's house and say, 'You own a coat -- you be our leader! This heap of ruins will be under your control.'

Because they had heard that Jesus had performed this miraculous sign, the crowd went out to meet him.

And during the reign of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes of Persia. This letter was first written in Aramaic but then translated. [Aramaic:]

But he forcefully commanded them not to tell this to anyone,

Then they said to one another, "It's not right what we're doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven't told anyone. If we wait until dawn, we'll be punished. So come on, let's go and inform the royal palace."

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry.

But the crowd began to shout, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"

When Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, then the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community.

and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.

That night the Lord said to Gideon, "Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you.

This made the king of Syria upset. So he summoned his advisers and said to them, "One of us must be helping the king of Israel."

At that time King Jehoram left Samaria and assembled all Israel for war.

Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorites.

Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping!

Then one who appeared to be a human being was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, "Sir, due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding.

(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.

Many say, "Who can show us anything good?" Smile upon us, Lord!

Then he angrily speaks to them and terrifies them in his rage, saying,

"So the trees said to the grapevine, 'You come and be our king!'

Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.

He told him, "See that you do not say anything to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them."

The Lord said to Solomon:

so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)

Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, intending to take possession of the land.

After that the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.

When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.

including Aram, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amelek. This also included some of the plunder taken from King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.

But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you,

But Ephraim bitterly provoked him to anger; so he will hold him accountable for the blood he has shed, his Lord will repay him for the contempt he has shown.

But she said to him, "No I won't, for sending me away now would be worse than what you did to me earlier!" But he refused to listen to her.

(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.)

Be strong! Let's fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!"

He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

King David dedicated these things to the Lord, along with the dedicated silver and gold that he had taken from all the nations that he had subdued,

All of these were built with the best stones, chiseled to the right size and cut with a saw on all sides, from the foundation to the edge of the roof and from the outside to the great courtyard.

So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.

So the guardian said to Boaz, "You may acquire it," and he removed his sandal.

So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's signet ring. He then sent letters by couriers on horses, who rode royal horses that were very swift.

Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword.

the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns before his throne, saying:

If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

Therefore no one will assign you land in the Lord's community.

and said to him, "Hurry, speak to this young man as follows: 'Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls because of the multitude of people and animals there.

Do not fear, because I made a promise to your ancestors when they left Egypt, and my spirit even now testifies to you.'

Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor the Lord my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the Lord our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis.

"Send a message to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them, 'The Lord has spoken about Shemaiah the Nehelamite. "Shemaiah has spoken to you as a prophet even though I did not send him. He is making you trust in a lie.

Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh?

Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord's temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers."'

Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons; they were family leaders.

and I have promised that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey."'

(Samek) He rounded up all my mighty ones; The Lord did this in my midst. He summoned an assembly against me to shatter my young men. The Lord has stomped like grapes the virgin daughter, Judah.

(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,

Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

The cherubs' wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles.

Now the Jewish religious leaders refused to believe that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned the parents of the man who had become able to see.

I will keep today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: 'Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.'"

Elisha told him, "Take a bow and some arrows," and he did so.

On the seventh day the child died. But the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child had died, for they said, "While the child was still alive he would not listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself harm!"

When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Now may the Lord show you true kindness! I also will reward you, because you have done this deed.

Let our leaders take steps on behalf of all the assembly. Let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each town and its judges, until the hot anger of our God is turned away from us in this matter."

For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."

You must not do any regular work, but you must present a gift to the Lord.'"

She went and told the prophet. He said, "Go, sell the olive oil. Repay your creditor, and then you and your sons can live off the rest of the profit."

(Now she was wearing a long robe, for this is what the king's virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon's attendant removed her and bolted the door behind her.

He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad asked him, "What did Elisha tell you?" Hazael replied, "He told me you would surely recover."

It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan River. This was the southern border.

(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper's net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

The Lord sent you on a campaign saying, 'Go and exterminate those sinful Amalekites! Fight against them until you have destroyed them.'

But while John was completing his mission, he said repeatedly, 'What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!'

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope,

So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood in the doorway of Elisha's house.

and the way of peace they have not known."

the nineteenth to Mallothi and his sons and relatives -- twelve in all,

They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones; they must observe it in accordance with every statute of the Passover.

For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

That night -- let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

Barak said to her, "If you go with me, I will go. But if you do not go with me, I will not go."

But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,

and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured.

When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, she sent for the rulers of the Philistines, saying, "Come up here again, for he has told me his secret." So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.

But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

But John tried to prevent him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?"

Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven or from people?" They discussed this among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

Due to the noise caused by the king and his nobles, the queen mother then entered the banquet room. She said, "O king, live forever! Don't be alarmed! Don't be shaken!

Elisha sent out a messenger who told him, "Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored and you will be healed."

All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach -- yet his appetite is never satisfied!

then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.

The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note -- he gave his promise and did all these things -- he will not escape!

These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

She also saw that I gave wayward Israel her divorce papers and sent her away because of her adulterous worship of other gods. Even after her unfaithful sister Judah had seen this, she still was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods.

With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules.

Ishmael's firstborn son was Nebaioth; the others were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

From the descendants of Issachar: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.

Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted, and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!

How, sir, am I able to speak with you? My strength is gone, and I am breathless."

The Lord shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The Lord executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one."

Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, "Bring her outside the temple to the guards. Put the sword to anyone who follows her." The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord's temple.

Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

The second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh.

You will be convinced that I the Lord am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy -- conquering armies will no longer pass through it.

Enosh lived 815 years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.

The Lord again called, "Samuel!" So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I didn't call you, my son. Go back and lie down."

so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

Jesus answered them, "I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first."

saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance."

You must gather all of its plunder into the middle of the plaza and burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It will be an abandoned ruin forever -- it must never be rebuilt again.

Aaron will bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of decision over his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually.

O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don't delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name."

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.

When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.

So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

For he says: "By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.

(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)

Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

the kite, the buzzard of any kind,

The king responded, "What is it you are seeking?" Then I quickly prayed to the God of heaven