Then he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, lie down again." So he went and lay down.

Because of the proof given by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all,

equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Then I said, "My lord, what are these?" And the angel who was speaking with me said to me, "I will show you what these are."

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name."

Then He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.

So the 300 men took the people's provisions and their trumpets into their hands. And Gideon sent all the other men of Israel, each to his tent, but retained the 300 men; and the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.

So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them, and kept giving them to the disciples to set before the people.

"But you are profaning it, in that you say, 'The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.'

They do not crowd each other, They march everyone in his path; When they burst through the defenses, They do not break ranks.

A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his words, And the deeds of a man's hands will return to him.

"And those who bow down on the housetops to the host of heaven, And those who bow down and swear to the LORD and yet swear by Milcom,

Now the bronze altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the LORD, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.

"How have the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!"

now therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have sojourned."

"Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high?

Drinks were served in golden vessels of various kinds, and the royal wine was plentiful according to the king's bounty.

And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.

So it came about at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.

Whenever the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them And whenever the living beings rose from the earth, the wheels rose also.

And all the people saw him walking and praising God;

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame, And they became as detestable as that which they loved.

but holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

"If you would direct your heart right And spread out your hand to Him,

'Then he shall tear it by its wings, but shall not sever it And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD.

So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord."

Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

"We captured all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.

[When he had spoken these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.]

But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

so that no one would say you were baptized in my name.

As the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded.

So Joshua sent them away, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.

So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.

And it will be that like a hunted gazelle, Or like sheep with none to gather them, They will each turn to his own people, And each one flee to his own land.

sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

And Daniel continued until the first year of Cyrus the king.

Then Esther summoned Hathach from the king's eunuchs, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.

He said to her, "Give me your son." Then he took him from her bosom and carried him up to the upper room where he was living, and laid him on his own bed.

"However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen."

yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.

For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country, Planting places for a vineyard I will pour her stones down into the valley And will lay bare her foundations.

But Peter continued knocking; and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.

"Now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.

Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus.

Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Edom and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because he pursued his brother with the sword, While he stifled his compassion; His anger also tore continually, And he maintained his fury forever.

I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.

You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."

and are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans."

So Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son became king in his place.

When these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they entered one tent and ate and drank, and carried from there silver and gold and clothes, and went and hid them; and they returned and entered another tent and carried from there also, and went and hid them.

"So I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre And it will consume her citadels."

Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"

I will bear the indignation of the LORD Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case and executes justice for me He will bring me out to the light, And I will see His righteousness.

Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints.

So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, "Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.

In fierce anger He has cut off All the strength of Israel; He has drawn back His right hand From before the enemy And He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire Consuming round about.

the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, stating that he should be examined by scourging so that he might find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way.

"I went out full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has witnessed against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?"

Better is a dish of vegetables where love is Than a fattened ox served with hatred.

Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, "Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?" And he said to them, "You know very well the man and his talk."

"Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah.

As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every branch of literature and wisdom; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams.

Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.

But with an overflowing flood He will make a complete end of its site, And will pursue His enemies into darkness.

When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god."

The second woe is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

They said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, "It is his angel."

And the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to search out all the land."

When Elisha became sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"

and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and because you have made Israel sin.

"Now, O LORD God, Your promise to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

"Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field;

Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

"For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.

"You also say, 'My, how tiresome it is!' And you disdainfully sniff at it," says the LORD of hosts, "and you bring what was taken by robbery and what is lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I receive that from your hand?" says the LORD.

and afterward there was a continual burnt offering, also for the new moons and for all the fixed festivals of the LORD that were consecrated, and from everyone who offered a freewill offering to the LORD.

"Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the LORD our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

"Behold fire came down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in your sight."

"Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven."

And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What do you seek?" They said to Him, "Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?"

I was crying to the LORD with my voice, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.

"And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come.

When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."

On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar they observed seven days and the feast seven days.

For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of law also.

Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme.

(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),

Asahel the brother of Joab was among the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him."

Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name's sake."

Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living beings, for each of the four of them.

When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, "Blessed be the LORD today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people."

"He has brought me to his banquet hall, And his banner over me is love.

and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me."

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. Then the king became very angry and his wrath burned within him.

"Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life, for you are safe with me."

So the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, departed and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day while he was taking his midday rest.

"But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.'

"For all His ordinances were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

For behold what earnestness this very thing, this godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

"Their king will go into exile, He and his princes together," says the LORD.

He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from the position of queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah, and Asa cut down her horrid image, crushed it and burned it at the brook Kidron.

Because of this I must lament and wail, I must go barefoot and naked; I must make a lament like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches.

but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me--

And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,

"FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT."

'Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land.

The king called aloud to bring in the conjurers, the Chaldeans and the diviners The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, "Any man who can read this inscription and explain its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a necklace of gold around his neck, and have authority as third ruler in the kingdom."

And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!

that is, to pass your way into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be helped on my journey to Judea.

The seeds shrivel under their clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up.

And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed that very moment.

for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.

Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, said to them, "Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

"When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Work a miracle,' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'"

It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones.

In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire.

'Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;

Then one of the young men said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one prudent in speech, and a handsome man; and the LORD is with him."

"And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,

"AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACH EVERYONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN, AND EVERYONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, 'KNOW THE LORD,' FOR ALL WILL KNOW ME, FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.

to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

But from those who were of high reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)--well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me.

'The entrails, however, and the legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer all of it, and offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD.

And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

The LORD said to the sons of Israel, "Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines?

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."

But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.

If they were all one member, where would the body be?

'You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north,

"If thieves came to you, If robbers by night-- O how you will be ruined!-- Would they not steal only until they had enough? If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave some gleanings?

Then the angel of the LORD said, "O LORD of hosts, how long will You have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant these seventy years?"

'Then the anointed priest is to take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting,

Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

She said to him, "My lord, you swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God, saying, 'Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.'

'Then why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have collected it with interest?'

just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

"The alien has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler.

to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown in order to display her beauty to the people and the princes, for she was beautiful.

Then he said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron--is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word?--therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"

These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.

Then the men of Judah came and there anointed David king over the house of Judah And they told David, saying, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul."

They run like mighty men, They climb the wall like soldiers; And they each march in line, Nor do they deviate from their paths.

Tell it not in Gath, Weep not at all. At Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.

'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

"Then I will turn your festivals into mourning And all your songs into lamentation; And I will bring sackcloth on everyone's loins And baldness on every head And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

"He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

"But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom;

Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times--for it was the custom of the king so to speak before all who knew law and justice

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, so that they do not break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

"Let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every beautiful young virgin to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let their cosmetics be given them.

So he listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days.

which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, 'The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land with the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end and with their impurity.

Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits.

Now in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing and presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul; and they also prophesied.

When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.

And those who have turned back from following the LORD, And those who have not sought the LORD or inquired of Him."

Solomon went up there before the LORD to the bronze altar which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.

Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

"I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know."

Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

then you shall investigate and search out and inquire thoroughly. If it is true and the matter established that this abomination has been done among you,

The remnant of Jacob Will be among the nations, Among many peoples Like a lion among the beasts of the forest, Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, Which, if he passes through, Tramples down and tears, And there is none to rescue.

When he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who sang to the LORD and those who praised Him in holy attire, as they went out before the army and said, "Give thanks to the LORD, for His lovingkindness is everlasting."

"So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and appointed them heads over you, leaders of thousands and of hundreds, of fifties and of tens, and officers for your tribes.

"Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?

He also placed the turban on his head, and on the turban, at its front, he placed the golden plate, the holy crown, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.

Whatever you devise against the LORD, He will make a complete end of it. Distress will not rise up twice.

(Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire), then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went.

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They said to Him, "We are able."

The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.

"Yet there will be a tenth portion in it, And it will again be subject to burning, Like a terebinth or an oak Whose stump remains when it is felled The holy seed is its stump."

For this is not for the ease of others and for your affliction, but by way of equality--

So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, "A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become weak and be like any other man."

The doorway for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by winding stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.

For they have refreshed my spirit and yours Therefore acknowledge such men.

"O how Esau will be ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!

Zion will be redeemed with justice And her repentant ones with righteousness.

"Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, 'Give us meat that we may eat!'

Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

So he forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over another man to his hurt.

of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;

I said to the king, "Let the king live forever Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?"

"He who hates Me hates My Father also.

"The wise men are put to shame, They are dismayed and caught; Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, And what kind of wisdom do they have?

So Bathsheba went in to the king in the bedroom. Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.

And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them.

Afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country and in the Negev and in the lowland.

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

"Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today;

And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty.

The LORD answered the angel who was speaking with me with gracious words, comforting words.

So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" And he said, "I am."

Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. And Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.

The strutting rooster, the male goat also, And a king when his army is with him.

Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called?

but taking leave of them and saying, "I will return to you again if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.

"Not so! Go now, the men among you, and serve the LORD, for that is what you desire." So they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

that they were saying to you, "In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts."

For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

"Lift up a standard toward Zion! Seek refuge, do not stand still, For I am bringing evil from the north, And great destruction.

The king made of the almug trees supports for the house of the LORD and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers; such almug trees have not come in again nor have they been seen to this day.

yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.

A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, But a fool is arrogant and careless.

and, 'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'"

A wise man scales the city of the mighty And brings down the stronghold in which they trust.

David became angry because of the LORD'S outburst against Uzzah, and that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day.

They did so, and had them all sit down.

'But if his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the turtledoves or from young pigeons.

"Nothing remains for him to devour, Therefore his prosperity does not endure.

"If you will fear the LORD and serve Him, and listen to His voice and not rebel against the command of the LORD, then both you and also the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.

"You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, The place, O LORD, which You have made for Your dwelling, The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim has become a cake not turned.

"Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.

Then the devil left Him; and behold, angels came and began to minister to Him.

The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans with a great slaughter.

They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet:

WHERE YOUR FATHERS TRIED Me BY TESTING Me, AND SAW MY WORKS FOR FORTY YEARS.

"Then let our appearance be observed in your presence and the appearance of the youths who are eating the king's choice food; and deal with your servants according to what you see."

'Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.'

"From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.

Even the beasts of the field pant for You; For the water brooks are dried up And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men

But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was,

"Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?

"But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to observe My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; they profaned My sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the wilderness.

"Now therefore, make confession to the LORD God of your fathers and do His will; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives."

Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

"Also, I will have no compassion on her children, Because they are children of harlotry.

Passing through the street near her corner; And he takes the way to her house,

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

"But many who are first will be last, and the last, first."

and were close to him: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had access to the king's presence and sat in the first place in the kingdom--

'He shall then cut it into its pieces with its head and its suet, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar.

"Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?"

and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,

"For your servant knows that I have sinned; therefore behold, I have come today, the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king."

'It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD the males, the first offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.'

in no way alarmed by your opponents--which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God.

"Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My covenant may continue with Levi," says the LORD of hosts.

Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am planning against this family a calamity From which you cannot remove your necks; And you will not walk haughtily, For it will be an evil time.

How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander aimlessly Because there is no pasture for them; Even the flocks of sheep suffer.

"So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah And it will consume her citadels Amid war cries on the day of battle, And a storm on the day of tempest.

For her wound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; It has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.

And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The youth will storm against the elder And the inferior against the honorable.

"If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,

keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.

I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."

Solomon said to God, "You have dealt with my father David with great lovingkindness, and have made me king in his place.

"For the queen's conduct will become known to all the women causing them to look with contempt on their husbands by saying, 'King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought in to his presence, but she did not come.'

Like tangled thorns, And like those who are drunken with their drink, They are consumed As stubble completely withered.

They began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.

and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!"

Mizraim became the father of the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,

But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.

Then he arose and departed and went to Samaria. On the way while he was at Beth-eked of the shepherds,

so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."

So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And because he had no son, Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.

"It shall be when he lies down, that you shall notice the place where he lies, and you shall go and uncover his feet and lie down; then he will tell you what you shall do."

Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.

"I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely in My name, saying, 'I had a dream, I had a dream!'

'He shall also bring his guilt offering to the LORD for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and began running up to greet Him.

God said to Solomon, "Because you had this in mind, and did not ask for riches, wealth or honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor have you even asked for long life, but you have asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge that you may rule My people over whom I have made you king,

She said, "Oh, my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the LORD.

"They are dreaded and feared; Their justice and authority originate with themselves.

"And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go.

Six were born to him in Hebron, and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

In this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might twice receive a blessing;

So he sent letters to all the king's provinces, to each province according to its script and to every people according to their language, that every man should be the master in his own house and the one who speaks in the language of his own people.

"But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster."

Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah saying,

for indeed you do practice it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia But we urge you, brethren, to excel still more,

He said, "If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come to help you.

so that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again.

Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself So they said to him, "You are not also one of His disciples, are you?" He denied it, and said, "I am not."

"Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked."

The porch which was in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height 120; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.

For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.

The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.

You are already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you.

Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

Now in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony;

Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it for a whole burnt offering to the LORD; and Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel and the LORD answered him.

But the LORD said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut up for seven days outside the camp, and afterward she may be received again."

From you has gone forth One who plotted evil against the LORD, A wicked counselor.

"You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away Why?" declares the LORD of hosts, "Because of My house which lies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house.

"Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?

Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.

Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced.

The angel of the LORD said to Elijah, "Go down with him; do not be afraid of him." So he arose and went down with him to the king.

"If you afflict him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will surely hear his cry;

So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.

'How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?

"As for you now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

You observe days and months and seasons and years.

Has not food been cut off before our eyes, Gladness and joy from the house of our God?

"If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith Do not be conceited, but fear;

because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints;

for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in the LORD.

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.

David said on that day, "Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by David's soul, through the water tunnel." Therefore they say, "The blind or the lame shall not come into the house."

and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

From the priests were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,

Then King Ahaz cut off the borders of the stands, and removed the laver from them; he also took down the sea from the bronze oxen which were under it and put it on a pavement of stone.

Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

"Then I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning; After that you will be called the city of righteousness, A faithful city."

At the same time too, he was hoping that money would be given him by Paul; therefore he also used to send for him quite often and converse with him.

"He has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.

as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not put to death,

The drinking was done according to the law, there was no compulsion, for so the king had given orders to each official of his household that he should do according to the desires of each person.

Be silent before the Lord GOD! For the day of the LORD is near, For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, He has consecrated His guests.

Therefore there arose a discussion on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification.

But at these words he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.

Even saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of abundant waters as they went, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.

"Again, proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem."'"

of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

"And they will pass through the sea of distress And He will strike the waves in the sea, So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up; And the pride of Assyria will be brought down And the scepter of Egypt will depart.

Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.

"Otherwise it will come about, as soon as my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered offenders."

keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

"If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say, 'The Lord has need of it.'"

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,

saying, "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever Amen."

Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.

For thus the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

He said to them, "Come, and you will see." So they came and saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.

"I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked afflict them any more as formerly,

"Then the magicians, the conjurers, the Chaldeans and the diviners came in and I related the dream to them, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.

nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ we might have asserted our authority.

Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.

having a reputation for good works; and if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has assisted those in distress, and if she has devoted herself to every good work.

"The LORD has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

"Then they will sweep through like the wind and pass on But they will be held guilty, They whose strength is their god."

"Their horses are swifter than leopards And keener than wolves in the evening Their horsemen come galloping, Their horsemen come from afar; They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.

"So I will send fire upon Teman And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah."

'You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

But now there are many members, but one body.

So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, "I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness."

Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?"

and the sixth, Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These were born to David at Hebron.

Go on your way, inhabitant of Shaphir, in shameful nakedness The inhabitant of Zaanan does not escape. The lamentation of Beth-ezel: "He will take from you its support."

and so as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has spoken to them through Moses."

"Go up to the mountains, bring wood and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified," says the LORD.

'On the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you.

'The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head and offer it up in smoke on the altar; and its blood is to be drained out on the side of the altar.

Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead In order to enlarge their borders.

YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET " For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

Harness the chariot to the team of horses, O inhabitant of Lachish-- She was the beginning of sin To the daughter of Zion-- Because in you were found The rebellious acts of Israel.

Now David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with his lord's servants, but he did not go down to his house.

wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings who were before you has possessed nor those who will come after you."

Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh, But I will come over her fair neck with a yoke; I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, Jacob will harrow for himself.

"This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: 'She has despised you and mocked you, The virgin daughter of Zion; She has shaken her head behind you, The daughter of Jerusalem!

"Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, 'Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen, and judge righteously between a man and his fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him.

For those who are circumcised do not even keep the Law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh.

"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.

For on the first of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, because the good hand of his God was upon him.

experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken;

"But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

"Then it will come about on the day of the LORD'S sacrifice That I will punish the princes, the king's sons And all who clothe themselves with foreign garments.

And Caleb said, "The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah for a wife."

"Take the ark of the LORD and place it on the cart; and put the articles of gold which you return to Him as a guilt offering in a box by its side. Then send it away that it may go.

"Then we set out from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the LORD our God had commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

Then I said, "Lord, how long?" And He answered, "Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant, Houses are without people And the land is utterly desolate,

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

"Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

The king replied to the Chaldeans, "The command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb and your houses will be made a rubbish heap.

So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.

So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

"Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes," says the LORD of hosts.

They brought the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning.

"You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!

storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.

but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.

Pathrus, Casluh, from which the Philistines came, and Caphtor.

Then Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you."

"Why should I pardon you? Your sons have forsaken Me And sworn by those who are not gods When I had fed them to the full, They committed adultery And trooped to the harlot's house.

For the inhabitant of Maroth Becomes weak waiting for good, Because a calamity has come down from the LORD To the gate of Jerusalem.

The strong man will become tinder, His work also a spark. Thus they shall both burn together And there will be none to quench them.

For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.

Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin.

And the crowds were questioning him, saying, "Then what shall we do?"

"I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was more wonderful Than the love of women.

So the LORD cuts off head and tail from Israel, Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day.

and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ's sake.

The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters.

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

These men must also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach.

The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this man become learned, having never been educated?"

Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols; For his molten images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them.

Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; Pay your vows For never again will the wicked one pass through you; He is cut off completely.

"If you do this thing and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace."

Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Then from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher).

"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them--yet they keep saying, 'There will be no sword or famine in this land'--by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end!

"AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE."

as it is written, "HE WHO gathered MUCH DID NOT HAVE TOO MUCH, AND HE WHO gathered LITTLE HAD NO LACK."

But transgressors and sinners will be crushed together, And those who forsake the LORD will come to an end.

Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

"Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.

They told the king, saying, "Here is Nathan the prophet." And when he came in before the king, he prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground.

When evening came, they would go out of the city.

it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.

And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him."

for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and stand in the public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as in all the gates of Jerusalem;

Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns.

"Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews' enemy; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

At the end of ten days their appearance seemed better and they were fatter than all the youths who had been eating the king's choice food.

"But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.

And He was giving orders to them, saying, "Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."

The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion To judge the mountain of Esau, And the kingdom will be the LORD'S.