But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

Let Your work be seen by Your servants,
and Your splendor by their children.

to live lives [of honor, moral courage, and personal integrity] worthy of the God who [saves you and] calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

with whom the kings of the earth fornicated, and those who inhabit the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.

for as the father raiseth up the dead, and restores them to life: even so the son gives life to whom he will.

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Your fathers -- where are they? And the prophets -- to the age do they live?

Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

[he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.

And Moses said, Why do you now go beyond the command of Jehovah, since it shall not be blessed?

I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

Do not go up, for Jehovah is not among you. And shall you not be beaten before your enemies?

And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

On the twenty and fourth day of the eleventh month, (it is the month of Sebat,) in the second year of Darius, hath a word of Jehovah been unto Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, the prophet, saying:

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Then he said to me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread with them.

All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

For you [are] our father, although Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, Yahweh [are] our father, Our Redeemer from [of] old [is] your name.

Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.

But I will come to you in a short time, if it is pleasing to the Lord, and I will take note, not of the word of those who are full of pride, but of the power.

And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

But they presumed to go up to the hill top. But the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, did not leave the camp.

And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

But since we were taken away from you, believers, for a little while—in person, but not in heart—we endeavored, with great longing to see you face to face.

Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.

All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the son of man.

The more promptly, therefore, have I sent him, that, seeing him again, ye may rejoice, and, I, the less sorrowful, may be.

And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

What is your desire? is my coming to be with punishment, or is it to be in love and a gentle spirit?

And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying,

Be giving him welcome, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy; and, such as he, in honour, be holding, -

Would that you would tear [the] heavens [and] come down; [the] mountains would quake before you,

let not this surprize you: for the time is coming, when all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and they that have done good,

Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against me. And I would redeem them; but they speak lies against me.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Though a thousand fall at your side
and ten thousand at your right hand,
the pestilence will not reach you.

Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

For you are [indeed] our glory and our joy!

he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

You will only see it with your eyes
and witness the punishment of the wicked.

Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you have come into the land of your dwelling places, which I give to you,

shall rise to the possession of life; and they that have done evil, shall rise to their condemnation.

And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.

Thou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in his word do I hope.

Therefore, when we could no longer endure our separation [from you], we thought it best to be left behind, alone at Athens,

and will make an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt offering or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a free-will offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savor to Jehovah, from the herd or from the flock,

And Jehovah answereth the messenger, who is speaking with me, good words, comfortable words.

Of my self I can do nothing: according to my instructions I judge: and my judgment is just; because I do not consult my own will, but the will of the father who hath sent me.

And since ancient [times] they have not heard, have not listened, no eye has seen a God except you; he {acts} for the one who waits for him.

And the ten horns that thou saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are around her.

Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is abundant redemption.

And the fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering shall you prepare with the burnt offering, or sacrifice, for one lamb.

Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He cometh as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.

And he said, A certain man had two sons:

there is another who testifies of me, and I know that the testimony which he gives of me, is true.

And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

you yourselves sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth.

The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are around you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are around you:

The remainder of the house of Judah which survives will again [take] root below and bear fruit above.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.

And for a drink offering you shall offer the third of a hin of wine for a sweet savor to Jehovah.

For from Jerusalem a remnant shall go out and survivors from Mount Zion; the zeal of Yahweh will do this.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.

Let Israel hope in the LORD from this time forth and forever.

And when you prepare a bull, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings to Jehovah,

When he calls out to Me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble.
I will rescue him and give him honor.

Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.

[A song of ascents.] LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:

But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:

I will satisfy him with a long life
and show him My salvation.

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they devise mischief against me.

and the father who sent me, hath himself born witness of me. his voice you have never heard, nor ever seen his appearance,

And you shall bring for a drink offering half a hin of wine, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.

Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thy abominations, therefore I will also diminish thee; neither shall my eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

How he swore unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;

For from Israel is this also: a workman made it, and itis no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

And the idols shall utterly pass away.

You search the scriptures, for you think by their means to have eternal life, and they are the very writings which do testify of me.

For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Those who want to make a good impression in public [before the Jews] try to compel you to be circumcised, just so they will escape being persecuted for [faithfulness to] the cross of Christ.

to declare Your faithful love in the morning
and Your faithfulness at night,

Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are around thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.