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The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us. Verse Concepts

For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness. And from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely. Verse Concepts

His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber. Verse Concepts

For both prophet and priest are profane. Yea, in my house I have found their wickedness, says LORD. Verse Concepts

Thy prophets have seen FALSE and foolish visions for thee. And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, but have seen for thee FALSE oracles and causes of banishment. Verse Concepts

But if the watchman sees the sword come, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at the Verse Concepts

Actually some also preach the Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good-will. Verse Concepts

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and was working, for they were of the tentmakers craft. Verse Concepts

For ye remember, brothers, our labor and the hardship. For, laboring night and day in order not to burden any of you, we preached to you the good-news of God. Verse Concepts

Ye yourselves know that these hands served my needs, and to those who were with me. Verse Concepts

nor did we eat bread gratis from any man, but in labor and toil, working night and day in order not to burden any of you. Verse Concepts

And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired lodging. And he received all who came in to him, Verse Concepts

But I have used none of these things, and I did not write these things so that it should be done to me this way. For it is good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my boasting empty. Verse Concepts

For the scripture says thou shall not muzzle an ox that is threshing. And the workman is worthy of his wage. Verse Concepts

no bag for the road, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor staffs, for the workman is worthy of his provision. Verse Concepts

And so the Lord commanded those who proclaim the good-news to live from the good-news. Verse Concepts

But let him who is taught in the word share in all good things with him who teaches. Verse Concepts

Nevertheless ye did well having shared with my affliction. Verse Concepts

And so that I might not be over exalted by the extraordinariness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, an agent of Satan so that he would buffet me, so that I would not be over exalted. Verse Concepts

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded. Verse Concepts

As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are ill clothed, and are treated roughly, and are homeless. Verse Concepts

in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hungerings, Verse Concepts

Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often. Verse Concepts

for no man to be disturbed by these afflictions. For ye yourselves know that we are set for this. Verse Concepts