Who provided food for the raven; when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of food?

The heart of the wise causes his mouth to be prudent, and with his lips he shall increase doctrine.

This is the counsel that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the Gentiles. For the LORD of the hosts has purposed, and who shall disannul it? His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

The God that made the world and all the things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gives to all life and breath and all things read more. and has made of one blood all the lineage of men to dwell on all the face of the earth and has determined the seasons (which he has limited) and the bounds of their habitation; that they should seek the Lord, if in any manner they might reach out to touch him and find him though he is not far from each one of us; for in him we live and move and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also of his lineage. Being therefore of the lineage of God, we ought not to think that which is Divine is like unto gold or silver or stone, bearing the mark of art and man's imagination.

And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great peace and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy prudence,

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me here, for God sent me before you for life.

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God thought it out unto good, to bring to pass that which we see this day, to give life to many people.

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God thought it out unto good, to bring to pass that which we see this day, to give life to many people.

And Pharaoh's heart became hard, that he hearkened not unto them as the LORD had said.

And the LORD gave the people grace in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they gave unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.

And behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians that they shall follow them: and I will be glorified in Pharaoh and in all his host, in his chariots, and in his horsemen.

The LORD kills, and he gives life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

Why then do ye harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had dealt thus among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD has said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Why hast thou done so?

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; and let men say among the Gentiles, The LORD reigns.

He multiplies the Gentiles and destroys them; he scatters the Gentiles and gathers them again.

But if he determines something, who can turn him? His soul desired it, and he did it.

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is precise: a shield to all those that wait in him.

In the same manner thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand will hold me up, and thy meekness shall multiply me.

The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

From the place of his habitation he looked upon all the inhabitants of the earth. He fashioned all of their hearts; he considers all their works.

For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises with understanding.

My soul has followed hard after thee; thy right hand has upheld me.

Surely the wrath of man shall cause praise to come unto thee; the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him, and his righteousness unto the children's children, to such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his commandments to do them. read more. The LORD has prepared his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

He causes the hay to grow for the cattle and grass for the service of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth

The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. The sun arises, they withdraw and lay themselves down in their dens. read more. Man goes forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom thou hast made them all; the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts. There go the ships; there is that leviathan, whom thou didst make to play therein. These wait all upon thee, that thou may give them their food in due season. Thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their spirit, they cease to exist and return to their dust.

For I know that the LORD is great and that our Lord is above all gods. Whatever the LORD desired, he did in the heavens and in the earth, in the seas and in all the deep places. read more. He who causes the clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth, made the lightnings in the rain; he who brings the winds out of his treasuries.

Of man are the preparations of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

The heart of man devises his way, but the LORD directs his steps.

The lot is cast into the lap, but the judgment thereof is of the LORD.

There are many thoughts in the heart of man; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand.

There are many thoughts in the heart of man; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand.

Man's steps are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water, he turns it wherever he will.

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water, he turns it wherever he will.

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water, he turns it wherever he will.

and it is he that changes the times and the opportunities; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom unto the wise and knowledge unto those that know understanding:

that they shall drive thee from among men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall feed thee with grass of the field as the oxen, and with the dew of heaven shalt thou be bathed, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou shalt understand that the most High takes rule over the kingdom of men and that he shall give it to whoever he will.

Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not much better than they?

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. read more. Fear ye not, therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom ye delivered up and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged to let him go.

But God has thus fulfilled those things which he had showed in advance by the mouth of all his prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

For of a truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together (in this city),

For of a truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together (in this city), to do that which thy hand and thy counsel had determined beforehand must be done.

to do that which thy hand and thy counsel had determined beforehand must be done.

Nevertheless he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

for in him we live and move and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also of his lineage.

For the scripture saith of Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

For God enclosed everyone in disobedience, that he might have mercy upon everyone.

For of him and by him and in him are all things. To him be the glory for the ages. Amen.

But the fruit of the Spirit is this: Charity, joy, peace, tolerance, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. read more. For those that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its affections and lusts. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has prepared that we should walk in them.

For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

if we are unfaithful, yet he remains faithful; he cannot deny himself.

who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his substance and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Come now, ye that say, Today and tomorrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain; and ye do not know what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? Certainly it is a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. read more. Ye ought to say instead, If the Lord wills, and if we live, we shall do this or that.

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

And Joseph was the lord over the land, and he it was that sold the wheat to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brethren came and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

They did not see one another, neither did any rise from his place for three days; but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.

And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been one like it, nor shall there ever be any like it again. But among all the sons of Israel, from man to beast, not a dog shall move his tongue, that ye may know that the LORD shall make a difference between the Egyptians and the Israelites.

But the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city; if I shall find grace in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again and show me both it and his tabernacle. But if he should say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here I am, let him do to me as seems good unto him.

And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD has said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Why hast thou done so? And David said to Abishai, and to all his slaves, Behold, my son, who came forth of my bowels, seeks my life; how much more now a son of Jemini? Let him alone, and let him curse, for the LORD has bidden him. read more. It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; cause me to understand why thou dost contend with me. Is it good unto thee that thou should oppress, that thou should reject the work of thine hands and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Remember now that thou hast formed me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? Hast thou not poured me out as milk and curdled me like cheese? read more. Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh and hast hedged me with bones and sinews. Thou hast granted me life and mercy, and thy visitation has kept my spirit.

Then thou shalt call, and I will answer thee; thou wilt have a desire towards the work of thine hands.

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

He stretches out the north wind over the empty place and hangs the earth upon nothing. He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. read more. He holds back the face of his throne and spreads his cloud upon it. He has compassed the waters with bounds until the end of light and darkness. The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

Why dost thou strive against him? For he will not answer all of thy words.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Cause me to know, if thou hast understanding. Who ordered its dimensions, if thou knowest? Or who has stretched the line upon it? read more. Upon what are its foundations founded? Or who laid its corner stone; when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, and established my decree upon it, and set bars and doors, and said, Thou shalt come unto here, but no further; and there shall the pride of thy waves be stayed. Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days? Hast thou shown the dayspring its place, that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? It is transformed as clay to the seal and then stands as a garment;

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand over my mouth. Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; even twice, but I will proceed no further.

I know that thou canst do every thing and that there is no thought hidden from thee. Who is he that hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore, I have denounced that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. read more. Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask of thee, and thou shalt cause me to know. With my ears I had heard thee; but now my eyes see thee. Therefore, I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

The LORD looked from heaven; he saw all the sons of Adam. From the place of his habitation he looked upon all the inhabitants of the earth. read more. He fashioned all of their hearts; he considers all their works. The king is not saved by the multitude of the army; the mighty man does not escape by much strength.

Resh I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, behold, he was not: I sought him, but he could not be found. read more. Schin Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of each one of them is peace.

Righteousness exalts a people, but sin is a reproach to the nations.

The lot is cast into the lap, but the judgment thereof is of the LORD.

There are many thoughts in the heart of man; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand.

There is no wisdom nor intelligence nor counsel against the LORD.

He is seated upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; he stretches out the heavens as a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:

Lift up your eyes on high and behold who has created these things; he brings out his host by number; he calls them all by their names; none shall be lacking by the greatness of his might and by the strength of his power.

But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; such that we all are the work of thy hands.

Do ye not fear me? saith the LORD; will ye not tremble at my presence, who placed the sand for the bound of the sea by an eternal order, which cannot be broken? Storms shall raise themselves up, yet they shall not prevail; their waves shall roar, yet they shall not pass over it.

Righteous art thou, O LORD, even though I dispute with thee: even so, I will speak judgments with thee; Why does the way of the wicked prosper? All those that completely rebel against thee have peace.

And the great ones, the governors and the captains and the king's counsellors gathered together to see these men upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

and they drive thee from among men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; and they shall feed thee as the oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee until thou know that the most High takes rule in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever he will.

For, behold, I will command, and I will cause the house of Israel to be sifted among all the Gentiles like as the grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall to the earth.

And each one said to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

And answering him, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no one that has left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my sake and the gospel's who shall not receive one hundredfold now in this time: houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.

a light to be revealed unto the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel.

But not a hair of your head shall perish.

For of a truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together (in this city), to do that which thy hand and thy counsel had determined beforehand must be done.

But those that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word of the gospel.

for in him we live and move and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also of his lineage.

And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great peace and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy prudence,

Therefore I pray you to take some food, for this is for your salvation and health, for there shall not one hair fall from the head of any of you.

And why not say (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? The condemnation of whom is just.

And not only this, but we even glory in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation works patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope;

Rather, O man, who art thou to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour? read more. What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much meekness the vessels of wrath, prepared for death, and making known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he has prepared unto glory?

but when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his substance and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God thought it out unto good, to bring to pass that which we see this day, to give life to many people.

And I will separate in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no kind of flies shall be there to the end that thou may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee; when the most High caused the Gentiles to be inherited, when he separated the sons of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is upon many waters.

For God is my King from of old, he who works saving health in the midst of the earth.

Teth The LORD is good to all; and his tender mercies shine over all his works.

Look unto Abraham your father and unto Sarah that bore you; for I called him alone and blessed him and multiplied him.

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, said the LORD of the hosts, and in this place I will give peace, said the LORD of the hosts.

Remember ye the law of Moses my slave, which I commanded unto him in Horeb statutes and my rights over all Israel.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now, and I work.

And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great peace and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy prudence,

And we now know that unto those who love God, all things help them unto good, to those who according to the purpose are called to be saints.

and Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort unto me.

In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are afflicted in diverse temptations,

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;